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Coprinus Comitus

Shaggy inky cap

Notes:

The young mushrooms, before the gills start to turn black, are edible. It can sometimes be used in mushroom soup with parasol mushroom.

8 Comments

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

You are very welcome :)

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Thanks a lot Emma for confirming and sharing more info over this,,
thanks again rat.tumour,

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/786...
i documented my changes in this spotting. This mushroom was a good source of writing ink.

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Thanks Emma,
sure,, I will visit it again on my next round and update the series,

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C...
Here is a pic of the mushroom found in hyderabadh.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

Sachin,observe this for the next 5 days , You will see obvious changes.
Watch if the edges roll up and the cap turns black. This mushroom is most likely coprinus comitus,aka "inky cap" aka as 'shaggy mane".

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

thanks rat.tumour for suggestion searching over it,,

i'd say coprinus comatus

Sachin Zaveri
Spotted by
Sachin Zaveri

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Spotted on Aug 17, 2012
Submitted on Aug 18, 2012

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