shaggy-mane
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shaggy-mane
First recorded in 1905–10
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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 George Francis Atkinson
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 George Francis Atkinson
The stems are shorter than those of the shaggy-mane and the cap is different in shape and color.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson
In the shaggy-mane the veil does not form a thin, expanded curtain.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson
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 George Francis Atkinson
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