lawyer's wig

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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:
      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.

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