Summary ³

Coprinus comatus, the shaggy ink cap, lawyer's wig, or shaggy mane, is a common fungus often seen growing on lawns, along gravel roads and waste areas. The young fruit bodies first appear as white cylinders emerging from the ground, then the bell-shaped caps open out. The caps are white, and covered with scales—this is the origin of the common names of the fungus. The gills beneath the cap are white, then pink, and then turn black.

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1. (c) Bill MacIndewar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Bill MacIndewar
2. (c) Alison Northup, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alison Northup
3. Adapted by Bill MacIndewar from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprinus_comatus

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