#-> Coprinus comatus

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Coprinus comatus

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Corprinus Comatus (Mushroom Girls Series No.4) ; Original Character ☆ Reverse Studio

[eco-friendly-ghost]

Shaggy ink caps!

[theyoungwaldschrat]

Coprinus comatus, The shaggy inkcap is a super intersting mushroom and metal as fuck.

First of all, the young mushrooms are edible and very tasty, but as soon as they get bigger, the hat starts dissolving into a black goo that drips down and makes it look like a fantasy trope type of corruption is spreading through the lands.

Actually tho it's because the gills of the mushroom digest themselves to produce that goo which contains all the spores for dispersal.

But that's not the most metal thing about it.

No, the shaggy inkcap is also a nematophagous fungus, i.e. it kills and eats tiny worms called nematodes to supply extra nitrogen.

There's a whole bunch of nematophagous fungi and they use different methods to kill the nematodes. There's five groups:

Nematode-Trapping most of these produce a type of glue that traps the nematodes, but some actually produce microscopic slings which contract and strangle a nematode if one happens to crawl through.

Ovicidal These fungi grow their mycelium into the eggs of nematodes and digest them

Endoparasitoid 'The nematodes ingest spores and the fungi will grow out of the nematode from the inside.

Toxin-Producing Oyster mushrooms belong to this group. They produce a toxin which immobilizes the nematodes and implodes their heads.

Special Attack Devices

Now these last two groups is where the shaggy inkcap comes in.

The hyphae (which are the stingy cells of the mycelium) grow absolutely microscopic structures which the scientific literature calls

"spiny balls"

They produce a toxin which immobilizes the nematode and then they veery slowly grow towards them and bonk them on the head with a morningstar ripping them apart. They then grow into the nematode with what scientific literature calls a "penetrating peg" and digest them from the inside. Metal as fuck

Sources: Luo et al. "Coprinus comatus: A Basidiomycete Fungus Forms Novel Spiny Structures and Infects Nematode", 2004 Soares et al. "Nematophagous fungi: Far beyond the endoparasite, predator and ovicidal groups", 2018

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Pucky sleeping forest

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commission for my beastie @dracolunae !!

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I'm a fan of these things

[crimsoncorundum]

Shaggy Inkcap

Lawyer’s Wig, Shaggy Mane

[mushroomgay]

Lawyer's wig inkcap (Coprinus comatus)

My friend sent me these photos - from the start of their walk, and about 6 hours later when they had circled back round. Fungi show us such magical changes!

[mycoblogg]

FOTD #081 : shaggy ink cap! (coprinus comatus)

the shaggy ink cap (also called lawyer's wig or shaggy mane) is an inkcap fungus in the family agaricaceae. it is famous for its pitch-black spore-filled ink !! it is said to often grow in "unexpected" places, & has been recorded in south africa, europe, north america, aotearoa & australia. it is also carnivorous :-)

(learn about carnivorous fungi or the process of deliquescence)

the big question : can i bite it?? yes !! the mushroom is edible when young / before deliquescence.

c. comatus description :

"the shaggy ink cap is easily recognizable from its almost cylindrical cap which initially covers most of its stem. the cap ranges from 4–8 cm (1+5⁄8–3+1⁄8 in) in width & 6–20 cm (2+3⁄8–7+7⁄8 in) in height. it is mostly white with shaggy scales, which are more pale brown at the apex. the free gills change rapidly from white to pink, then to black. it is deliquescent. the white & fairly thick stipe measures 6–40 cm (2–16 in) high by 1–2.5 cm (1⁄2–1 in) in diameter & has a loose ring near the bottom."

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amanita muscaria, coprinus comatus, laccaria amethystina, mycena chlorophos

alcohol marker + colored pencil

[lindagoesmushrooming]

Coprinus comatus aka Lawyer's Wig, Shaggy Ink-cap (we call them porcelain inkcaps here :) )

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MUSHROOMS! MUSHROOMS! MUSHROOMS!!!🍄

Fly agaric red (Amanita muscaria)

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White dung beetle (Coprinus comatus) 09.08.2021

[salfishop]

Behold: the ☆Shaggy Mane☆

also called Coprinus Comatus

It's one of my favourite fungus!

It is born tiny, and then it auto-digests itself to give space for the spores to spread so they can reproduce.

The black "ink" they secrete is from their autodigestion, and they can reproduce thanks to that too.

I think it looks so cool, let me know what you think!