Shaggy inkcaps growing in short grass by the roadside at Finchfield.
Some were pure white, having freshly emerged.
Others had begun to “deliquesce” – turning black as they disintegrated from the rim of the cap.
The “shagginess” of this particular set of inkcaps is an appearance of fibrousness in the cap. Contrast that with this recent picture
of other mushrooms of the same species,
