Coprinus comatus    (O.F. Müll.) Pers. 

common name(s) : Shaggy Inkcap, Lawyer's Wig, Judge's Wig 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Agaricaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Agaricales/Coprinaceae  
(unconfirmed synonyms: Coprinus ovatus)  

edibility : edible, good

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photo gallery of  Coprinus comatus potential confusions with  Coprinus comatus toxicity of Coprinus comatus genus Coprinus  

The cap is white, with buff centre. The cap surface is scaly, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is bulbous, with a short-lived ring.

The flesh is white, unchanging; the odour is pleasant; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are white then pink then black, free to adnate, crowded . The spore print is black. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in the grass of parks, gardens, recent lawns, on rich soils.

The fruiting period takes place from April to December.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 8 cm (between 2 and 20 cm)
  height of stem approximately 18 cm (between 4 and 40 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 15 mm (between 5 and 35 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : White cap, shell-shaped when young, later bell-shaped and blackening, covered with brown-tipped scales giving it a shaggy appearance; small and sliding ring on stem; gills white then soon reddish and black, deliquescing; on rich soils, lawns, roadsides

Coprinus comatus is infrequent and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is very frequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Coprinus comatus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Coprinus comatus in the forest of Rambouillet



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