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Ink cap

Coprinus comatus

1 Species ID Suggestions

EduHerNav
EduHerNav 9 years ago
Ink cap
Coprinus comatus


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7 Comments

RandyL.
RandyL. 9 years ago

These are very tasty if you pick them when young and firm before the black ink sets in.

RandyL.
RandyL. 9 years ago

I agree it is Coprinus comatus aka Shaggy Mane.

shebebusynow
shebebusynow 9 years ago

OK, I get it. Will do.

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 9 years ago

shebebusynow, We are trying to discourage ID suggestions without a reference link (supporting documentation) because we have had several inaccurate/incorrect ID suggestions from individuals and the spotters have accepted them without question. It falls upon Rangers then to do the checking.
If it's no trouble it would be good to have another (yours) ID suggestion with the reference link. Thank you :)

shebebusynow
shebebusynow 9 years ago

I can give you a couple:
http://mushroomobserver.org/name/show_na...
and
http://www.mushroomexpert.com/coprinus_c... Or should I put that in the form of an ID suggestion?

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 9 years ago

EduHerNav, could you please give a reference link with the ID suggestion. Thanks.

shebebusynow
shebebusynow 9 years ago

It's difficult to identify mushrooms without a shot of their gills, but I feel fairly certain that this is Coprinus comatus aka Shaggy mane, one of the inky caps. If it ends up turning into black ink, then that's what it was.

Rachel21
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Rachel21

El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), California, USA

Spotted on Mar 1, 2015
Submitted on Mar 1, 2015

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