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the shaggy ink cap, lawyer's wig, or shaggy mane

Coprinus comatus,

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Description:

These beauties were found growing underneath an old, dead Redwood.

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Coprinus comatus

Species ID Suggestions

Shaggy Mane

Comatus coprinus

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Comments (4)
AlexKonig
oh, this schould not be the comatus, when i find one. i Will take him home and fried him. but this one is surely a COPRINUS but no way the comatus. the comatus i much more fluschy (? hope you understand what i mean, dont find the right words), could be alopecia,echinosporus or cinereus. but i can only speak from funghi i have really seen,touch (that will be european funghi) but the juveneil comatus is fried very tasty,only 1 problem : after you take him from where he stand, he has to be in the pan in maximal 30 min. otherwise he will melt in your bag.

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PublishedAugust 9, 2011

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