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shaggy-mane
[ shag-ee-meyn ]
noun
- an edible inky-cap mushroom, Coprinus comatus, having an elongated, shaggy pileus.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of shaggy-mane1
First recorded in 1905–10
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The stems are shorter than those of the shaggy-mane and the cap is different in shape and color.
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The annulus or ring on the stem of the ink-cap is very different from that of the shaggy-mane.
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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.
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The shaggy-mane often furnishes a surprise of this kind.
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The plant is called shaggy-mane because of the very shaggy appearance of the cap, due to the surface being torn up into long locks.
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