Mushrooms · La Saladita, Guerrero

Shaggy Mane

Coprinus comatus

Spanish: Apagavelas / Barbas de chivo

Shaggy Mane (Coprinus comatus)
Photographed by tsn on iNaturalist · CC-BY · taken in Orange County, US-VT, US, not near La Saladita

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. The young fruit bodies first appear as white cylinders emerging from the ground, then the bell-shaped caps open out. The caps are white, and covered with scales—this is the origin of the common names of the fungus. The gills beneath the cap are white, then pink, then turn black and...

TaxonomyAgaricomycetes › Agaricales › Coprinaceae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records87,135 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “Shaggy Mane (Coprinus comatus) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/coprinus-comatus/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.