lawyer's wig

English

The lawyer's wig,

Etymology

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

Noun

lawyer's wig (plural lawyer's wigs)

1. An edible mushroom ()
   • 1966, Robert Pinget, in Plays, Volume 2, Hill and Wang, page 144,

     "You find parasols and lawyer's wig more in the fields, and pholiota..."

   • 1999, Fungigirl, in 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."

Synonyms

• (Coprinus comatus): shaggy mane, shaggy inkcap

Translations

Coprinus comatus

• Bulgarian: порцеланова копринка f (porcelanova koprinka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雞腿菇／鸡腿菇, 鸡腿菇 (jītuǐgū)

• Czech: hnojník obecný m
• Dutch: geschubde inktzwam
• Finnish: suomumustesieni
• French: coprin chevelu (fr) m
• German: Schopftintling (de) m
• Hungarian: gyapjas tintagomba
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: caidhp dhubh ghiobach f, caidhp mhosach f
• Italian: agarico chiomato m
• Japanese: ササクレヒトヨタケ (sasakurehitoyotake)
• Korean: 먹물버섯 (meongmulbeoseot)
• Lithuanian: gauruotasis mėšlagrybis
• Polish: czernidłak kołpakowaty m
• Russian: наво́зник бе́лый m (navóznik bélyj)
• Swedish: fjällig bläcksvamp
• Ukrainian: гнойови́к бі́лий m (hnojovýk bílyj)

References

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