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Autumn's shaggy lace

Coprinus comatus, the shaggy ink cap, lawyer's wig, or shaggy mane, is a common fungus often seen growing on lawns, along gravel roads and waste areas. The...
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Coprinus comatus, the shaggy ink cap, lawyer's wig, or shaggy mane, is a common fungus often seen growing on lawns, along gravel roads and waste areas. The young fruit bodies first appear as white cylinders emerging from the ground, then the bell-shaped caps open out.

I was driving to work and saw a few of these sticking out of a carpet of dead leaves on the entrance of a driveway. It took only seconds to throw my car on the pavement, run out, take the picture and depart again, before the world started honking :-)
Great morning exercise!
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I hope the "comatus" part does not denote sinking you into a come after you have eaten it, LOL! Great capture, Kristina!

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Hahahha thanks Mick!

looks like Japanese fashion! gorgeous even if wild --

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:-) thanks Cookie!

Great image! I, at first, thought it was a "knitted"or " handmade" mushroom.. I didn't realize it was a real mushroom until I read your description. Quite amazing.

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:-) I'm looking at it differently now :-)

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nice lighting Kristina. A very unusual mushroom!

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Thanks Sonja!! It is :-)