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Coprinus comatus
Black and white mushroom with large, shaggy scales on the cap. The gills of this mushroom deliquesce as they mature, which means that they turn themselves into black ink. This mushroom was 18cm tall!
Growing on the ground along the edge of a hiking trail in a mostly coniferous forest.
Spotted on Sep 21, 2017
Submitted on Sep 22, 2017
5 Comments
Haha Sarah!
Wonder if the culprit had black lips after that? Hahaha
Thanks Brian! I went back the next morning just because I wanted to see it again, but the entire cap had been chomped off during the night.
Way cool!!
Beautiful mushroom....