A shaggy ink cap mushroom (Coprinus comatus)
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A shaggy ink cap mushroom (Coprinus comatus)
Image: © Walter Baxter Taken: 10 Oct 2023
This mushroom on the Bowhill Estate is in the deliquescent stage when it turns into a black liquid. For a view of these mushrooms at an earlier stage when it is known as lawyer’s wig, see Image
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Image Location
Latitude
55.541349
Longitude
-2.908771