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shaggy cap

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shaggy cap

(Plants) an edible saprotrophic agaricaceous fungus, Coprinus comatus, having a white cap covered with shaggy scales. Also called: shaggymane

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shaggy cap - common edible mushroom having an elongated shaggy white cap and black spores

Coprinus comatus, shaggymane, shaggymane mushroom

agaric - a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside

Coprinus, genus Coprinus - genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae

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One could already see the soldiers' shaggy caps, distinguish the officers from the men, and see the standard flapping against its staff.

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Try a dollop of marsh samphire pickle or shaggy cap ketchup - and don't forget heather-favoured beer and bog myrtle in your wine.