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Shaggy Mane

Coprinus comatus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 420, February 222, March 231, April 287, May 279, June 205, July 176, August 179, September 227, October 275, November 666, December 708.
United States26,303
Canada11,641
California5,395
United Kingdom5,278
Ontario4,855
England4,399
Germany3,420
British Columbia2,904
Washington2,608
Russia2,342

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Group and habits

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
FamilyCoprinaceae
Genusinky caps · Coprinus

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Practise Shaggy Mane with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.