Shaggy ink cap
Coprinus comatus
Edible, but easily confused with poisonous lookalikes.
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Coprinus comatus
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Agaricaceae
- Under the cap
- Gills
- Cap
- Conical, Bell
- Stem
- Ring
- Lives by
- Breaking down dead matter
- Season
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Habitat
- Meadow, Gardens
- Spore print
- Black
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Within hours of ripening, its cap dissolves into black ink by digesting itself, and the ink carries the spores.
- Its sturdy young mushrooms are strong enough to push up through asphalt.
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Similar fungi
- Shaggy parasol
Chlorophyllum rhacodes
- Button mushroom
Agaricus bisporus
- Common puffball
Lycoperdon perlatum
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q275125 · All fungi · All entries