Specimen #12

Gilled Mushrooms - Basidiomycetes

Figure 1: Picture showing underneath cap of Corprinus comatus and inky-like liquid.  

Figure 2: Cap of Corprinus comatus showing up-curled edges and brown scales on top of cap.

Name: Corprinus comatus 
Common Name: Shaggy Mane

Family: Agaricaeace  

Collection Date: 29th Sept. 2011 

Habitat: Found in clusters underneath some pine trees.    

Location: Hiram College Campus

Description: Large cap about 2-3 inches across, white with brown scales on cap and the edges of the cap curled up. Underneath cap very black which gives off ink-like liquid.  

Collector: Olivia Benjamin

Key used: Orson K. Miller Jr. 1977. Mushrooms of North America. E.P. Dutton New York.
Keying Steps:

Figure 3: Corprinus comatus.

Introduction Key pg. 170 Corprinaeace.

1b. Cap coloured or coloured with scales...3

3b. Cap large (2-8cm broad, 3-12cm tall, conic, wrinkled margins)...7
7a. Cap narrowly conic, white, brown scales---> 188. C. comatus

Ecology: This fungus is saprobic. They can grow alone or in clusters and grow throughout summer and fall. They are widely distributed throughout North America (Kuo, 2008). 

Kuo, M. (2008, February). Coprinus comatus: The shaggy mane. Retrieved from the MushroomExpert.Com Web site: http://www.mushroomexpert.com/coprinus_comatus.html


Links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprinus_comatus

http://www.mushroomexpert.com/coprinus_comatus.html