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Coprinus comatus
The shaggy ink cap is easily recognizable from its almost cylindical cap which initially covers most of its stem. The cap is mostly white with shaggy scales, which are more pale brown at the apex. The free gills change rapidly from white to pink, then to black. It is deliquescent. The stipe has a loose ring and measures 10–37 centimetres (3.9–15 in) high by 1–2.5 centimetres (0.39–0.98 in) diameter. Microscopically it lacks pleurocystidia. The spore print is black-brown and the spores measure 10–13 × 6.5–8 µm. The flesh is white and the taste mild.
It grows in groups in places which are often unexpected, such as green areas in towns. It occurs widely in grasslands and meadows in Europe and North America. It appears to have been introduced to Australia, New Zealand and Iceland. In Australia the species is sufficiently common to have been featured on a postage stamp issued by Australia Post in 1981
Spotted in a local public garden under a very old chestnut. I think is a ink cup,but i have to confirm
Ashish thanks very much for you words my friend,those words coming from you are a enormous honour to me and my wife :-)
we will keep the spotting mode like until here :-) searching for all the biodiversity of this so tiny but wonderfull diversify country called Portugal :-)
You have made PN a encyclopedia of Portuguese organisms.... I do not have much time on net so missed your swelling collection... Keep spotting.... !!
Thanks one more time Gully,i think you are rigth,is defenetivly a Coprinus comatus
It's blackening in a strange way - normally it happens from the bottom up as the mushroom self digests, but I'm still sure it must be a Coprinus comatus.
Spotted on Oct 25, 2012
Submitted on Dec 23, 2012
