Shaggy dog mushroom

this one is totally bizarre...
It's not nearly so shaggy when it gets bigger - I don't think I'd ever have recognized it without help (thanks to Mikael over at Mushroom World).

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Ant Marriott

Lion

Love it !!! Picture and name. Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago
1. morpheme
  
  Lion
  
  now I need to figure out what it is... It looks like I made it out of fake fur, but I swear it's totally real Posted 9 years ago
2. 1. Ant Marriott
    
    Lion
    
    Awww shoot!!! I thought that was its real name. The only thing even remotely like this in the UK would be Shaggy Pholiota (Pholiota squarrosa) or one of the Puff Ball species (Lycoperdon echinatum) which this obviously isn't, I wish it did occur in the UK. Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago
  2. Ferdy Christant
    
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    Lol, I too thought this was the real name. Veru curious to learn what it is, and whether this is its normal look or the result of a parasite. Posted 9 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Congrats on finding its ID :) Posted 9 years ago

The Greenfoot Fibrecap

Cap 1–5cm across, convex to bell-shaped, dark brown, covered in erect pointed scales. Stem 30–70´5–10mm, concolorous with cap, apex paler, covered in recurved brown scales, base with bluish-green down. Flesh white becoming reddish, bluish-green at stem base. Taste mild, smell fishy or acidic. Gills whitish later rusty-brown.

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Similar species: Agaricales

Species identified by morpheme