Date of issue: 19 Aug 1981
Designer: Celia Rosser
Plant: Coprinus comatus
Organism: Fungus
Family: AGARICACEAE
Lawyer's Wig
Cap 5 cm diameter, 10 cm long.
Covered with shaggy brown scales.
Auto-digests to an inky-black fluid.
Edible, but do not consume with alcohol as this may cause nausea.
Occurs in NSW, Qld, Vic, Tas, SA, WA.