Coprinus comatus

Lululerous and mixed woods. Rare. Coprinaceae IV Shaggy Caps, Lawyer's Wig Coprinus comatzjs(MflLL. ex Fa.) S. F. GRAY

Young cap is cylindrical, 5- 10 cm tall, 3-6 cm wide, later bell-shaped, finally expended; white, pinkish to pale ochre with silky cuticle torn into large, free scales. Gills are free, dense, at first white, later pink, then black and turning into a dark pulp when ripe. Stipe is bulbous, 1-2 cm thick, white, filamentous to scaly, with a narrow and loose ring. Flesh is white. Spore powder is black. Spores 10-15 x 7-8 ~tm, ellipsoid, opaque black, smooth, with a germinating pore. It grows usually in clusters on compost heaps, well manured ground outside forests. Fruit-bodies develop quickly and soon dissolve into pulp. Inedible.