– Cap initially elongated egg-shaped, becoming bell-shaped with age, white, with white to beige-brown recurved scales, smooth and yellow-brown at the top.
– Gills initially white, turning pink with age before finally becoming black and dissolving into an ink-like liquid.
– Stem smooth, hollow, white, with a thin and easily disappearing ring.
Coprinoid agarics
Shaggy Inkcap / Lawyer's Wig
Coprinus comatus
LC
Least concern
Edible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows in meadows and woodland edges, often near human habitation where it thrives in rich lawns, composts, and along road edges.
Notes
A delicious edible mushroom, can become somewhat soft in texture and is therefore best suited for frying or, even better, deep-frying. The fruitbodies grow relatively quickly and should be picked before the white gills and flesh change color.
Similar species
Coprinopsis atramentaria can grow in similar environments but has a gray cap and lacks recurved scales, poisonous.
