Shaggy Mane

The annulus or ring on the stem of the ink-cap is very different from that of the shaggy-mane. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

The stem is quite slender and the cap and gills quite thin as compared with the shaggy-mane and ink-cap. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

The cylindrical or barrel-shaped pileus is characteristic of the shaggy-mane mushroom. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

= -- One of the finest species in this genus is the shaggy-mane, or horse-tail mushroom, as it is popularly called. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

= -- The ink-cap (_Coprinus atramentarius_) occurs under much the same conditions as the shaggy-mane, and is sometimes found accompanying it. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

The shaggy-mane often furnishes a surprise of this kind. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

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. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

The stems are shorter than those of the shaggy-mane and the cap is different in shape and color. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

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. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

In the shaggy-mane the veil does not form a thin, expanded curtain. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

There is one curious feature about the expansion of the pileus of the shaggy-mane which could not escape our attention. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

AND, I thought maybe my shaggy-mane could use a bit of airing, ya know, for a more ❋ Unknown (2008)