ink-cap

noun

1. any of several saprotrophic agaricaceous fungi of the genus Coprinus, whose caps disintegrate into a black inky fluid after the spores mature. It includes the shaggy ink-cap ( Coprinus comatus ), also called lawyer's wig , a distinctive fungus having a white cylindrical cap covered with shaggy white or brownish scales

Example Sentences

The ink cap is usually found growing in autumn, rarely in summer, in richer earth than the common mushroom.

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