lawyer's wig

English

a lawyer's wig, Coprinus comatus

Etymology

From its resemblance to the traditional horsehair wig worn by barristers in Britain.

Noun

lawyer 's wig (plural lawyer's wigs)

A certain edible mushroom (Coprinus comatus).
Synonyms: shaggy mane, shaggy inkcap

Hypernym: inkcap
- 1966, Robert Pinget, Plays, volume 2, Hill and Wang, page 144:
  You find parasols and lawyer's wig more in the fields, and pholiota...
- 1999, Fungigirl, 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.

Translations

Coprinus comatus

Bulgarian: порцеланова копринка f (porcelanova koprinka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雞腿菇／鸡腿菇 (jītuǐgū)
Czech: hnojník obecný m
Dutch: geschubde inktzwam m or f
Finnish: suomumustesieni
French: coprin chevelu (fr) m
German: Schopftintling (de) m
Hungarian: gyapjas tintagomba (hu)
Irish: caidhp dhubh ghiobach f, caidhp mhosach f
Italian: agarico chiomato m, coprino chiomato m
Japanese: ササクレヒトヨタケ (sasakurehitoyotake)
Korean: 먹물버섯 (meongmulbeoseot)
Lithuanian: gauruotasis mėšlagrybis m
Polish: czernidłak kołpakowaty (pl) m
Russian: наво́зник бе́лый m (navóznik bélyj)
Swedish: fjällig bläcksvamp c
Ukrainian: гнойови́к бі́лий m (hnojovýk bílyj)

References

Coprinus comatus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Coprinus comatus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Coprinus comatus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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