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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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

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

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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