Shaggy Mane Mushroom Coprinus comatus
Description: Cylindrical, shaggy-scaly,white cap turning inky from liquifying gills.
Cap: 1 1/4 - 2" wide, 1 5/8 - 6y'' high; cylindrical, gradually expanding as gills liquefy, leaving only stalk; dry, covered with flat scales becoming down-curled; white with reddish brown scales.
Gills: free or nearly so, very crowded; white, becoming black , and inky from margin to stalk top.
Veil: partial veil leaving leaving ring on lower part of the stalk.
Spores: smooth,elliptical, blunt,with pore at tip. Spore print black.
Edibility: choice
Season: May - early June, September - October, November - January in Southeast
Habitat: Scattered to clustered and common, in grass, wood chips, gravel, and hard packed soil.
Range: Throughout North America
Comments: This mushroom can be gathered by the bushel in urban and suburban areas. When unexpanded and white, it is an excellent substitute for asparagus; it can also be pickled. Fragile as this mushroom is, it has the remarkable ability to push up through asphalt.
Curtesy of: National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms
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