Fairiesbonnets in a troop

Fairies bonnets in a troop

Fairiesbonnets are tiny inkcap mushrooms – less than a centimeter high. They grow in troops.

Fairies bonnets in a troop

These two troops give some idea of the range of colour. The pictures were taken at the same time; the troops were only a couple of feet away from each other, just inside West Park’s South Gate.

Fairies bonnets in a troop

This picture shows all but a few stragglers of the patch with the paler coloured variant (middle photo).