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Spotted white mushroom on tree in autumn

Shaggy ink cap or Lawyer's wig (Coprinus comatus) fungus in a forest

Beautiful, small, white mushrooms growing on a tree trunk in forest. Natural autumn woodlands scenery in Latvia, Northern Europe.

At this young stage, shaggy ink caps (Coprinus comatus) are said to be good to eat, sliced longitudinally and fried in butter. As they grow older the bottom edges curl up, revealing the black 'ink' under the 'wig'. Another common name for this fungus is lawyer's wig.

Oudemansiella mucida in the autumn beech forest Germany

Close-up of a wild mushroom in a grassy field with soft focus background.

This Indian Pipe was photographed in October at Red Slough Wildlife Management Area in southeast Oklahoma.

Morchella esculenta mushroom in green grass

Coprinus comatus, the shaggy ink cap, lawyer's wig, or shaggy mane, is a common fungus often seen growing on lawns, along gravel roads and waste areas.

Nature Abstract: Caps of a Parasol Mushroom

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Toadstool near East Madison near White Mountain. These are toadstools growing on wet ground.

Morchella mushroom in the forest as background

View of a mushroom on the soil in in pine forest.

Dryad's Saddle (pheasant's Back) Growing in Woods By Chungies Organic Farms - growing on a broken and dying tree stump in swampy area of woods. By morel mushrooms

$Amanita phalloides (Fr.) Link in Willd. Death Cap, Amanite phalloide, Oronge ciquë vert, Grüner Knollenblätterpilz, Tignosa verdognola, Groene knolamaniet, Gyilkos galóca. Cap 6-15cm across, convex then flattened; variable in color but usually greenish or yellowish with an olivaceous disc and paler margin; also, paler and almost white caps do occur occasionally; smooth, slightly sticky when wet, with faint, radiating fibers often giving it a streaked appearance; occasionally white patches of volval remnants can be seen on cap. Gills free, close, broad; white. Stem 60-140 x 10-20mm, solid, sometimes becoming hollow, tapering slightly toward the top; white, sometimes flushed with cap color; smooth to slightly scaly; the ball-shaped basal bulb is encased in a large, white, lobed, saclike volva. Veil partial veil leaves skirt-like ring hanging near the top of the stem. Flesh firm, thicker on disc; white to pale yellowish green beneath cap cuticle. Odor sickly sweet becoming disagreeable. Spores broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, amyloid, 8-10.5 x 7-9µ. Deposit white. Habitat singly or in small groups on the ground in mixed coniferous and deciduous woods. Quite common in Europe. This is the most deadly fungus known, and despite years of detailed research into the toxins it contains, no antidote exists against their effects on the human body. Poisoning by Amanita phalloides is characterized by a delay of between six and twenty-four hours from the time of ingestion to the onset of symptoms, during which time the cells of the liver and kidneys are attacked (source R. Phillips). \n\nThis deadly poisonous Species is quite common in the Dutch Woods.$

White mushroom growing amidst dry grass and leaves on the ground

Close-up of a turkey tail mushroom growing on the floor of a woodland in Minnesota, USA.

Deadly Destroying Angel mushroom on a human palm

Gray mushrooms in dark green grass close-up

Pilz, Germany, Western Europe, tranquillity, botany, focus on the foreground

Coprinellus disseminatus, a small white mushroom with a striped crown growing in large groups or colonies on dead tree trunks. This species is known as Fairy inkcap and Trooping crumble cap.

$Lactarius pubescens, commonly known as the downy milk cap, is a species of fungus in the family Russulaceae. It is a medium to large agaric with a creamy-buff, hairy cap, whitish gills and short stout stem. The fungus has a cosmopolitan distribution, and grows solitarily or in scattered groups on sandy soil under or near birch. \nDescription:\nThe cap is 2.5–10 cm wide, obtuse to convex, becoming broadly convex with a depressed center. The margin (cap edge) is rolled inward and bearded with coarse white hairs when young. The cap surface is dry and fibrillose except for the center, which is sticky and smooth when fresh, azonate, white to cream, becoming reddish-orange to vinaceous (red wine-colored) on the disc with age. The gills are attached to slightly decurrent, crowded, seldom forked, whitish to pale yellow with pinkish tinges, slowly staining brownish ochraceous when bruised. The stem is 2–6.5 cm long, 6–13 mm thick, nearly equal or tapered downward, silky, becoming hollow with age, whitish when young, becoming ochraceous from the base up when older, apex usually tinged pinkish, often with a white basal mycelium. The flesh is firm, white; odor faintly like geraniums or sometimes pungent, taste acrid. The latex is white upon exposure, unchanging, not staining tissues, taste acrid. The spore print is cream with a pinkish tint. The edibility of Lactarius pubescens has been described as unknown, poisonous, and even edible.\nEdibility: Ambiguous and controversial. In Russia is consumed after prolonged boiling followed by a marinating process. However it is reported to have caused gastro-intestinal upsets. Therefore, its consumption should not be recommended and this species considered toxic (source Wikipedia).$

close-up of a hairy coprin fungus in spring

Red-belted Conk Fungus, Fomitopsis pinicola, Salt Point State Park, Sonoma County, California; Northern California Coast. brown shelf mushroom on base of tree.

Once the fruiting body emerges, the young cap oozes a spore-bearing sticky gel which attracts the flies and other insects it relies on to distribute its spores. Some Victorians were so embarrassed by these fungi that they would attack them with cudgels lest any impressionable young ladies might see them.

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