Ross Hoddinott / Shaggy Ink Cap (Coprinus comatus) Devon. UK

Nigel Cattlin / Lawyers' wig fungus (Coprinus comatus) fruiting caps in grassland. Berkshire, England, UK.

Will Watson / Shaggy inkcap (Coprinus comatus) growing beneath Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) tree, Herefordshire Plateau, England, UK, October .

Rod Williams / Lawyer's Wig (Coprinus comatus) Brockley cemetery, Lewisham, South East London, England, UK, September

MYN / Tim Hunt / Shaggy Inkcap (Coprinus comatus) fruiting body deliquescing, Barnt Green, Worcestershire, UK, September. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marko Masterl / Shaggy ink cap (Coprinus comatus) toadstool deliquescing, Slovenia, Europe, October Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marko Masterl / Shaggy ink cap (Coprinus comatus) toadstool deliquescing, Slovenia, Europe, October Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marko Masterl / Shaggy ink cap (Coprinus comatus) growing, Slovenia, Europe, October Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marko Masterl / Shaggy ink cap (Coprinus comatus) toadstools deliquescing, Slovenia, Europe, October Meetyourneighbours.net project

Eric Baccega / Three Shaggy ink cap fungi (Coprinus comatus) growing in a field, Alsace, France, October.

David Kjaer / Shaggy ink-cap (Coprinus comatus) amongst beech leaf litter and moss, Wiltshire, UK, November

David Kjaer / Shaggy Ink-cap (Coprinus comatus) amongst beach leaf litter, Wiltshire, UK, November

Matthias Breiter / Shaggy Ink Cap (Coprinus comatus) edible fungus, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska

Matthias Breiter / Shaggy Ink Cap (Coprinus comatus) mushrooms, Bartlett Cove, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska

Heike Odermatt / Shaggy Ink Cap (Coprinus comatus) in forest, Garderen, Gelderland, Netherlands

Gary K. Smith / Shaggy ink cap / Lawyers wig (Coprinus comatus) Norfolk, UK, October

Philippe Clement / Shaggy ink cap / Shaggy inkcap / Lawyer's wig (Coprinus comatus) showing drops, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Shaggy ink cap / Shaggy inkcap / Lawyer's wig (Coprinus comatus) showing ink drops, Belgium

Silvia Reiche / Shaggy Ink Cap (Coprinus comatus) mushroom, Hoenderloo, Netherlands

Silvia Reiche / Shaggy Ink Cap (Coprinus comatus) mushroom, Hoenderloo, Netherlands

Chris O'Reilly / Shaggy ink caps fungi (Coprinus comatus) in various stages of deliquescence, Killykeen forest, Co Cavan, Republic of Ireland

Chris O'Reilly / Shaggy ink caps fungi in woodland (Coprinus comatus) Killykeen forest, Co Cavan, Republic of Ireland

Niall Benvie / Shaggy inkcap fungus / Lawyer's wig {Coprinus comatus} deliquescing, Norway

George McCarthy / Shaggy ink cap begins to deliquesce {Coprinus comatus} UK

Chris O'Reilly / Shaggy inkcap fungi showing liquefaction for spore dispersal {Coprinus comatus} UK Derbyshire

Philippe Clement / Close-up of cap of Shaggy Inkcap / Lawyer's Wig fungus deliquescing (Coprinus comatus) Belgium

Philippe Clement / Shaggy Inkcap / Lawyer's Wig fungus {Coprinus comatus} cap deliquescing, Belgium

Klaus Echle / Shaggy inkcap fungus {Coprinus comatus} in woodland, Germany, deliquescing sequence 2/3

Klaus Echle / Shaggy inkcap fungus {Coprinus comatus} in woodland, Germany, deliquescing sequence 3/3

Klaus Echle / Shaggy inkcap fungus {Coprinus comatus} in woodland, Germany, sequence 1/3

Philippe Clement / Shaggy ink cap / Lawyers wig toadstools {Coprinus comatus} Belgium

Philippe Clement / Shaggy inkcap / Lawyer's wig fungus {Coprinus comatus} Belgium

Philippe Clement / Shaggy inkcap / Lawyer's wig fungus {Coprinus comatus} Belgium

George McCarthy / Shaggy ink cap / Lawyers wig fungus {Coprinus comatus} UK

George McCarthy / Shaggy ink cap {Coprinus comatus} Petworth Sussex England

Niall Benvie / Shaggy inkcap fungi deliquescing {Coprinus comatus} Scotland, UK. Aka Lawyers wig

George McCarthy / Shaggy ink cap / Lawyers wig fungus {Coprinus comatus} UK

Philippe Clement / Shaggy ink cap fungus (Coprinus comatus), young fruiting body and mature mushroom in autumnal forest, Flanders, Belgium. October.

Konrad Wothe / Shaggy mane mushrooms (Coprinus comatus) growing in grass in autumn, Bavaria, Germany. October.

Chris Mattison / Shaggy mane mushroom (Coprinus comatus). Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. October.

Chris Mattison / Shaggy mane mushroom (Coprinus comatus). Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. October.

Nick Upton / Shaggy inkcap mushroom (Coprinus comatus) growing in woodland ride, GWT Lower Woods reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, October.

Guy Edwardes / Shaggy ink cap (Coprinus comatus), Lago di Fusine, Italy. October.

Linda Pitkin / Shaggy Inkcap (Coprinus comatus), South West London, England, October.

Robert Thompson / Shaggy ink cap fungus (Coprinus comatus), Peatlands Park, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland

Linda Pitkin / Shaggy inkcaps (Coprinus comatus) growing in a fairy ring in grass at entrance to Hampton Court Palace, London, England, October.