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 annulus or ring on the stem of the ink-cap is very different from that of the shaggy-mane.

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The stem is quite slender and the cap and gills quite thin as compared with the shaggy-mane and ink-cap.

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These striations are minute furrows or depressed lines, and form one of the characters of the species, being much more prominent than on the cap of the ink-cap.

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