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the shaggy ink cap, lawyer's wig, or shaggy mane

Coprinus comatus,

Description:

These beauties were found growing underneath an old, dead Redwood.

1 Species ID Suggestions

brettpim
brettpim 12 years ago
Shaggy Mane
Comatus coprinus Coprinus comatus


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4 Comments

BethAngermeier
BethAngermeier 12 years ago

You are both correct - thanks for the ID :)

AlexKonig
AlexKonig 12 years ago

oh, this schould not be the comatus, when i find one. i Will take him home and fried him. but this one is surely a COPRINUS but no way the comatus. the comatus i much more fluschy (? hope you understand what i mean, dont find the right words), could be alopecia,echinosporus or cinereus. but i can only speak from funghi i have really seen,touch (that will be european funghi) but the juveneil comatus is fried very tasty,only 1 problem : after you take him from where he stand, he has to be in the pan in maximal 30 min. otherwise he will melt in your bag.

BethAngermeier
BethAngermeier 12 years ago

Thank you. Corrected :)

brettpim
brettpim 12 years ago

The category should be Fungi

BethAngermeier
Spotted by
BethAngermeier

California, USA

Spotted on Aug 8, 2011
Submitted on Aug 9, 2011

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