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Coprinus comatus
Slimy looking dying mushrooms that seem to cling onto each other for dear life! The shaggy ink cap is easily recognizable from its almost cylindrical 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 10–40 centimetres high by 1–2.5 centimetres diameter. Microscopically it lacks pleurocystidia.
In the forest in Son en Breugel, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands
Nice yellow leaf hat on the little ones! :-)
Spotted on Oct 19, 2019
Submitted on Nov 13, 2019
21 Comments
Thanks Josh!
Wow, what a cool mushroom and spotting! Congrats, very nice.
Thank you Jae and SukanyaDatta!
Congrats, Muckpuk!
Congratulations, Muckpuk.
Thank you Tukup.
We were taking mum on a walk in her wheelchair and when I spotted this mushroom I told them I would catch up but I needed to take this picture! That was this one. I can still picture at what spot it was.
Congratulations Muckpuk. Very nice series and good notes. I appreciate anyone who takes the time to write up something about their spotting.
Guys I just realise the picture is not the SOTD but the SOTW! Even happier!
Thank you very much for this honour!
Thank you Saturniidae27. I know, does not look very attractive at all!
Looks a lot like a squid, Congrats on the SOTW, well deserved Muckpuk, and thanks for sharing (:
Thank you very much for the nomination and for your lovely compliments AntonioGinjaGinja and Ornithoptera80
Great spotting Muckpuk,love the viscous look,congrats on the well deserved SOTW and thanks for sharing
THANK YOU!!! :-)
congrats, great spotting(:
Congrats Muckpuk, this spotting has been voted Spotting of the Week by the Rangers! Your detailed descriptive notes of a unique fungus earned you this week's featured spotting!
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Thank you AshleyT.
Always feel honored in being nominated!
Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated
Thank you Neil. Had never seen one before ( at least not consciously ) and all I could think of was The Adams Family. ;-)
Nice spotting. Ink caps are amazing.
Thank you Jae. It looks like it is indeed a Copinus Comata. I took another picture of a muschroom close by which was a Copinus Comata, so that makes sense. `
These are ink caps, Muckpuk. Probably Coprinus comata or Coprinopsis atramentaria. Though I find it rather difficult to distinguish the two species in this phase. Cool mushrooms nonetheless :)