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Shaggy Ink cap

Coprinus comatus

Description:

Distinctive fungus. At first, cap is egg-shaped and whitish with shaggy fibres; shrouds stems. Expands with age and, together with gills, blackens and liquifies.

Habitat:

Seen on rural roadside verge.

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Mel11
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Mel11

England, United Kingdom

Spotted on Oct 27, 2021
Submitted on Jan 6, 2022

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