shaggy cap

British  

noun

1. an edible saprotrophic agaricaceous fungus, Coprinus comatus, having a white cap covered with shaggy scales

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shaggy cap

In the midst of their merriment, the door was opened, and a grave, stalwart man, in a pelt doublet and shaggy cap, entered, with a light in his hand.

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin

I burst out laughing when I saw that little figure under the enormous shaggy cap.

From A Hero of Our Time by Wisdom, J. H.

And then a handsome Tchetchenetz, with short cut beard, and shaggy cap covering half his face, ran out into the street.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 by Various

A French noncommissioned officer of hussars, in crimson uniform and a shaggy cap, shouted to the approaching Balashev to halt.

From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

And the captain peered excitedly around from under his shaggy cap.

From The Deserter by King, Charles