shaggy cap

shaggy cap

n. See shaggymane.

shaggy cap

n (Plants) an edible saprotrophic agaricaceous fungus, Coprinus comatus, having a white cap covered with shaggy scales. Also called: shaggymane

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shaggy cap - common edible mushroom having an elongated shaggy white cap and black sporesCoprinus comatus, shaggymane, shaggymane mushroomagaric - a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the undersideCoprinus, genus Coprinus - genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae