#coprinus comatus

[dailyfigures]

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

[lindagoesmushrooming]

Coprinus comatus

[parasiticghostwasps]

I'm a fan of these things

[lionfloss]

Coprinus comatus by JensensPhotoGraphy

[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!

[kevinwiesel]

Shaggymane Mushrooms (Coprinus comatus)

[svinopotamych]

MUSHROOMS! MUSHROOMS! MUSHROOMS!!!🍄

Fly agaric red (Amanita muscaria)

05.09.2020

White dung beetle (Coprinus comatus) 09.08.2021

[meerphanim]

Killing Creative Burnout, One Fungi At A Time...

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[deathandmushrooms]

Shaggy Ink Cap | Coprinus comatus

[kaison07]

Stocking w mushrooms

[amanitasoup]

Shaggy manes from campus! and a stain that used to be one. They've been fruiting for weeks.

[well-thats-queer]

Your blog is brilliant. What's your favourite fungi?

Hi, thank you! My favorite fungus is Coprinus comatus (common names: Shaggy Mane, Lawyer's Wig). As it matures or soon after being picked, the mushroom deliquesces into a black liquid that can be used as ink! Edibility is choice if picked when young and consumed before deliquescence. My favorite fact about C. comatus is that it has been studied for its potential as a bioindicator and bio-extractor of mercury in the soil, which means that it can tell us how much mercury pollution is in the soil! (This does mean that C. comatus has the potential to deliver a not-so-friendly dose of Hg when consumed if it has been growing in an area with heavy mercury pollution in the soil).

Image credit: Peggy Schumann. Taken from mushroomexpert.com.

[lindagoesmushrooming]

Coprinus comatus

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

Ink Caps--Coprinus, Coprinopsis, and Coprinellus

They don't just grow in shit, I promise (in fact I don't think I've ever seen them growing in shit...). Photos are all mine, all unedited. The reason the ones of Coprinellus micacea look so much better is because of the lighting that time of day and also because I used my digital SLR camera. All the rest were taken with my old Moto G phone camera.

Coprinellus disseminatus, the fairy ink cap. They're edible but you'd need a lot of them because they're very small. Luckily they tend to be numerous! Good in soup or pasta sauce. They crumble really easily, so you want them in a paper bag you can easily shake them out of into a pan.

Coprinellus micaceus, the glistening ink cap. Also edible, and bigger than their aptly named cousins, but get 'em quickly and cook them because they will autodigest quickly and leave an inky mess. Good on pizza or in pasta sauce.

Coprinopsis atramentaria, the common ink cap. Edible as well and bigger than Coprinellus, but again you want to collect and cook those quickly. Good in pasta sauce. And the young ones specifically are really really good with mac and cheese, especially if you put fresh chives or green onions on top afterward.

Coprinopsis variegata, the scaly ink cap. The young ones look an awful lot like puffballs. The older ones look like shaggy manes to the untrained eye. The scales will fall off with handling. These also are edible. Excellent in a creamy soup.

Coprinus comatus, the shaggy mane. Choice edible, but again, grab 'em quickly. Did you know my very first picture of a shaggy mane (left), I didn't even know it was a shaggy mane? Because I wasn't foraging yet. Good with pizza, in mushroom gravy, pasta sauce, or wherever else you'd want to use mushroooms. :)

Word of caution: ALL edible wild mushrooms need to be cooked. Even those that won't make you sick immediately can have longterm effects. Cook them and cook them well. You pretty much have to try to overcook a mushroom. So cook them properly.

A secondary word of caution: all edible ink caps with the exception of the shaggy mane don't react well with alcohol. The recommendation is that you don't consume ink caps within three days of having consumed alcohol, one way or the other. That being said, it does vary between individuals. I've been fine with no more than a few hours between a single drink and a meal with them in it.

Word of ethics: always leave at a third of the young mushrooms you find, and only in a large flush. If there's only one, leave it be.

And not so much caution, but for convenience: collect quickly and cook quickly. Some do it faster than others, but if you have mature specimens, they will autodigest into ink. Some people have used them as ink, if that's what you're after, go for it, but if you mean to actually eat them, you need to apply heat, as that disrupts that process. Another fun thing, though! If you get mature specimens that have only just begin to autodigest, you can cook them into a black sauce and even mix with flour to make black pasta!

[theyoungwaldschrat]

Shaggy ink cap - Coprinus comatus

[theladyofthechibis]

A little mushroom gijinka.

I’m not a mushroom fan, but the Shaggy Ink-cap  (Coprinus comatus) caught my attention. It gives goth vibes xD