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shaggy-mane

American  
[shag-ee-meyn] / ˈʃæg iˌmeɪn /

noun

  1. an edible inky-cap mushroom, Coprinus comatus, having an elongated, shaggy pileus.


Etymology

Origin of shaggy-mane

First recorded in 1905–10

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The shaggy-mane often furnishes a surprise of this kind.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis

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

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis

This deliquescence proceeds much in the same way as in the shaggy-mane, and sometimes the thin remnant of the cap expands and the margin is enrolled over the top.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis

In the shaggy-mane the veil does not form a thin, expanded curtain.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis

There is one curious feature about the expansion of the pileus of the shaggy-mane which could not escape our attention.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis

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