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