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

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