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Coprinus comatus
Coprinus comatus
-37.9022, 145.301
Field Notes
Description:
Pileus dry, white with brown centre, becoming coarse white curved scales;
gills white and crowded looking; stipe 10 cm long, 1.5 cm thick, white, smooth and hollow; traces of veil?
Habitat:
Suburban driveway; very compacted 'Lilydale toppings" (clay with crushed quartzite and granite?) which would seem a difficult 'choice' for any fungi.
I can only guess there was something organic buried within the clay.
Notes:
Also known as 'Lawyers wig' 'Shaggy mane' ... edible.
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Coprinus comatus
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PublishedApril 8, 2012
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