Coprinus comatus

Scientific Name: Coprinus Comatus

Phylum: Basidiomycota

Order: Agaricales

Family: Agaricaceae

Common Name: The Shaggy Mane

Location:  Hiram College

Habitat: Lawn

Notes:

Collected on: 10/13/15

Collected by: David Platt

Collection #: 8

Keying Path:

                Mushrooms Demystified

Agarics

1. Gills not deformed     2

2. Spore print would be black     10

10. Black     16

16. Not Greenish     19

19. Black     20

20. Gills not decurrent     21

21. Turning into inky black mass     Coprinaceae

Coprinaceae

1. Turing to inky black mass     Coprinus

Coprinus

1. Growing on the ground    9

9.     Coprinus Comatus

Pictures:

Links:

http://www.allaboutmushrooms.com/coprinus_comatus.htm

http://www.mushroomexpert.com/coprinus_comatus.html

http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/may2004.html

http://mushroom-collecting.com/mushroomshaggy.html


References:
Arora, D. (1979). Mushrooms Demystified. New York, NY: Ten Speed Press.