Family: Coprinaceae

Scientific name: Coprinus comatus

Common Name: Lawyer's Wig

Distribution: According to Fungimap distribution, SWWA, SEQLD,SEAUST and Tasmania.

General Information: Shaggy, white elongated cap that turns black and liquifies, saprotrophic, found in bare soil, mulch or grass. Edible, however to be cooked and must not eaten when alcohol has been consumed because they contain substances that are soluble in alcohol.

Specimen: Mountain River, Tas.

Source:

Grey, P & Grey, E 2005 Fungi Down Under, Fungimap, South Yarra.

Tosco, U, 1973 The World of Mushrooms, Orbis Publishing, London.

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