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Coprinus comatus (O.F. Mill : Fr.)Pers. Tent. Disp. Meth. Fung. 62 (1797) |
 Image © Taylor Lockwood Reproduced by permission Common Name: Shaggy Cap, Lawyer's Wig |
Coprinus comatus Deliquescent agaric (typical inky cap), initially with very elongated cap with uplifted scales. Larger than most Coprinus. |
Up to 120mm long x 30mm broad, white and shaggy with soft white scales and a smooth pale rusty coloured top and cylindrical when young; as the fungus matures, the lower edge of the cap begins to autodigest, dripping inky and black and this process continues until almost no cap remains.
Lamellae/gills: White, turning pinkish, then black as spores mature, then autodigesting into a black liquid; free (unattached to stem), thin and crowded(very close together).
Stipe/stem: Up to 12mm wide x 230mm tall, white, cylindrical, hollow, smooth. When the fungus is immature, a narrow veil is loosely attached between the cap and stem, but this quickly falls away.
Spore print black
On lawns and roadsides, often in large numbers. Hundreds have been seen growing on the site of an old sawmill, where wood waste has been buried.
Bougher, N & Syme, K. Fungi of Southern Australia, pp 290-291
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