Shaggy inkcap mushroom (Coprinus comatus)
Introduction
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Shaggy inkcap mushroom (Coprinus comatus)
Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 6 Nov 2019
Most inkcap mushrooms share the unusual feature of having gills that digest themselves at maturity, producing a liquid mass of black spores with some of the liquid driping to the ground and some drying on the mushroom cap. The very common shaggy inkcap mushroom is edible and can be found growing in grass by the sides of roads, lawns, flower beds, grassland and recently disturbed soil either individually or in large numbers. This specimen is growing on the green by the Poringland Community Centre.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.570191
Longitude
1.343122