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)

1. 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^[1]:

     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