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Autumn fungi: shaggy inkcaps

Autumn fungi: shaggy inkcaps

Shaggy inkcaps, also called lawyers wigs. Although I saw these only recently, they are another species which can emerge in any but the cold months of the year. As they release their spores, the caps deliquesce, turning to a black mush heading for the centre.

These look like they were freshly emerged the night before I spotted them.