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Inky Cap

Shaggy Mane - Inky Cap - Coprinus comatus

Photo by HemaShah
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

I found black liquid on top of this mushroom cap. I wrote PN for Project Noah with it. i have to do more research to see if the ink from mushrooms was possibly used in Fountain pens for writing. The pictures show how the mushroom originally started out . The end was a rolled up cap with a slender stem.
It took about 2 days to turn from picture number5 t0 picture number 3

Habitat:

Under a tree.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
HemaShah
thanks. Did you check to see what happened to the mushroom you spotted? It probably ended up in this same way.
HemaShah
It was awesome to see it turn into an inky cap!

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Mushroom Mapping
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PublishedNovember 21, 2011

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