Coprinus comatus

Shaggy Inkcap

Coprinus comatus, Shaggy Inkcap. Large, striking toadstools, usually in groups, in grassland or mosses. This species is saprobic, i.e. feeds on decaying organic material. Toadstools have very sort lives and auto-digest, leaving an inky black fluid filled with spores.


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Coprinus comatus, Shaggy Inkcap
Group of toadstools
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Coprinus comatus, Shaggy Inkcap
Top view
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Coprinus comatus, Shaggy Inkcap
Group in moss
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Coprinus comatus, Shaggy Inkcap
Single toadstool
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Coprinus comatus, Shaggy Inkcap
Top view

Photograph detail


Slide 1: Coprinus comatus, Shaggy Inkcap. Group of toadstools growing through Springy turf-moss, Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus. Disused railway. Hargill, Redmire. October.


Slide 2: Coprinus comatus, Shaggy Inkcap. Group of toadstools growing through Springy turf-moss, Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus. Top view. Disused railway. Hargill, Redmire. October.


Slide 3: Coprinus comatus, Shaggy Inkcap. Group of toadstools growing through Springy turf-moss, Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus. Disused railway. Hargill, Redmire. October.


Slide 4: Coprinus comatus, Shaggy Inkcap. Single toadstool in sheep grazed pasture. Hargill, Redmire. October.


Slide 5: Coprinus comatus, Shaggy Inkcap. Single toadstool in sheep grazed pasture. Top view. Hargill, Redmire. October.