English

The lawyer's wig, Coprinus comatus

Noun

lawyer's wig ‎(plural lawyer's wigs)

1. An edible mushroom (Coprinus comatus)
   • 1966, Robert Pinget, in Plays, Volume 2, Hill and Wang, page 144,

     "You find parasols and lawyer's wig more in the fields, and pholiota..."

   • 1999, Fungigirl, in free.uk.nature.mushrooms:

     "These Lawyer's Wig fungi are for me the best tasting mushrooms, even better than cepes and they are wonderful just gently fried in butter. "

   • 2003, Charles L. Fergus, Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast, Stackpole Books, page 33:

     "In Britain, Coprinus comatus is dubbed the Lawyer's Wig."

Synonyms

• (Coprinus comatus): shaggy mane, shaggy inkcap

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