Guy Edwardes / Glistening ink caps (Coprinus micaceus) Bolderwood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, October

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

Peter Lewis / Magpie inkcap (Coprinus picaceus) fungus, Wimborne, Dorset, England, UK, October.

Adrian Davies / Magpie fungus (Coprinus picaceus) on woodland floor. Sussex, England, UK. October.

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

Andy Sands / Magpie fungus (Coprinus picaceus) single fruiting body growing among Beech litter, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October - Focus Stacked

Oliver Hellowell / Ink cap mushroom (Coprinopsis atramentaria) England, UK. November.

Guy Edwardes / Magpie fungus (Coprinus picaceus), New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. October.

Guy Edwardes / Fairies bonnets (Coprinus disseminatus), New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. October.

Guy Edwardes / Fairies bonnets (Coprinus disseminatus), New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. October.

Andy Sands / Magpie inkcap (Coprinopsis picacea) uncommon inkcap that usually grows singularly often under beech trees, Bedfordshire, England, UK, October. Focus stacked image

Andy Sands / Common Deceiver (Laccaria laccata) group of toadstools at various stages of development, Bedfordshire, England, UK, October

Andy Sands / Magpie inkcap (Coprinopsis picacea) uncommon inkcap that usually grows singularly often under beech trees, Bedfordshire, England, UK, October . Focus stacked image

Andy Sands / Glistening inkcap fungus (Coprinellus micaceus) and Stump puffball (Lycoperdon pyriforme) fruiting together on old tree stump, Hertfordshire, England, UK, October

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

Adrian Davies / Magpie Fungus (Coprinus picaceus) Sussex, England, UK, November.

Chris Mattison / Mica cap / Shiny cap / Glistening inky cap fungus (Coprinellus micaceus) Peak District, Derbyshire, UK, October. Image taken using digital focus-stacking.

Russell Cooper / Glistening ink cap fungi (Coprinellus micaceus) Banstead Wood SSI North Downs, Surrey, UK.

Russell Cooper / Common Ink Cap fungi (Coprinus atramentarius) deliquescing /caps dissolving into ink, amongst leaf litter. Southwest London, England, UK, October.

Andy Sands / Glistening inkcap (Coprinellus micaceus) small group of growing from mossy log, Bedfordshire, England, UK, November. Focus stacked image.

Andy Sands / Magpie inkcap fungus (Coprinopsis picacea) the gills of the magpie inkcap deliquesce or decompose and become liquid. This process which aids spore dispersal particularly in wet weather, Bedfordshire,...

Andy Sands / Magpie inkcap (Coprinopsis picacea) uncommon inkcap that usually grows singularly often under beech trees, Bedfordshire, England, UK, October . Focus stacked image

Andy Sands / Glistening inkcap fungus (Coprinellus micaceus) growing from rotten log, Hertfordshire, England, UK, November . Focus stacked image

Andy Sands / Glistening inkcap mushroom (Coprinellus micaceus) growing from rotten log, Hertfordshire, England, UK, November . Focus stacked image

MYN / Marc Pihet / Magpie inkcap (Coprinopsis picacea), composite, Maine-et-Loire, France, October, meetyourneighbours.net project

Matthew Maran / Common ink cap (Coprinus atramentarius) Hampstead Heath, London, England, UK. October.

Adrian Davies / Magpie fungus (Coprinus picaceus) Sussex, England, UK, October.

Russell Cooper / Trooping crumble cap / Fairy bonnets fungi (Coprinus disseminatus) Banstead Woods Sssi. North Downs. Surrey, UK, October.

Russell Cooper / Magpie inkcap fungus (Coprinus picaceus) growing in Beech woodland, Banstead Woods SSSI, North Downs. Surrey, UK, October.

Nick Upton / Glistening inkcap (Coprinus / Coprinellus micaceus) growing in woodland, Gower Peninsula, Wales, October.

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

Adrian Davies / Glistening inkcap fungus (Coprinus / Coprinellus micaceus), Surrey, England, February.

Nick Upton / Young inkcap fungi (Coprinus sp.) emerging from rotting tree stump, Gloucestershire, UK, October.

Will Watson / Glistening ink-cap (Coprinellus micaceus) on ash, Lower Brockhampton National Trust, Herefordshire, England, UK, November.

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.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Parasol mushrooms (Macrolepiota procera) before they open, in grass near ruins, Marturanum, Lazio, Italy, March

Adrian Davies / Close up of the cap of a Magpie fungus (Coprinus picaceus), Surrey, England, UK, October.

Adrian Davies / Magpie fungus (Coprinus picaceus) growing on woodland floor, Surrey, England, UK, October.

Adrian Davies / Magpie fungus (Coprinus picaceus) growing on woodland floor, Surrey, England, UK, October.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Glistening Ink Caps (Coprinus micaceus). New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, November.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Glistening Ink Caps (Coprinus micaceus). New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, November.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Close up of cap of Magpie fungus (Coprinus picaceus). Ebernoe Common, West Sussex, England, UK, 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

Nature Production / Common ink cap fungus (Coprinus atramentarius) releasing spores, Japan, October

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

Adrian Davies / Hare's Foot Inkcap (Coprinus lagopus) close-up showing upturned gills. Growing on wood chips. Surrey, England, UK, September

James Christensen / Trooping Crumble Cap Fungus (Coprinellus disseminatus) mushrooms on west slope of Andes, Mindo, Ecuador

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

Robert Thompson / Ink cap fungus (Coprinus niveus) Annagarriff Wood NNR, Peatlands, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK, September

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

Robert Thompson / Common inkcap fungus {Corprinus atramentarius} Peatlands Park, Annagarriff Wood NNR, County Armagh, Northern Ireland

Robert Thompson / Ink cap fungus {Corprinus lagopides} with red berries and moss, Peatlands Park, Annagarriff Wood NNR, County Armagh, Northern Ireland

Robert Thompson / Common inkcap fungus {Corprinus atramentarius} Peatlands Park, Annagarriff Wood NNR, County Armagh, Northern Ireland

Alex Hyde / Trooping crumble cap fungus {Coprinus disseminatus} growing on a moss-covered tree stump, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. Backlit.

Philippe Clement / Common stump brittlestem fungus (Psathyrella piluliformis), Belgium

Philippe Clement / Common stump brittlestem fungus (Psathyrella piluliformis) Belgium

Ross Hoddinott / Magpie Fungus {Coprinus picaceus} in beech wood, Cornwall, UK. November

Juan Carlos Munoz / Ink cap fungus {Coprinus acuminatus} in taiga woodland, autumn, Laponia / Lappland , Finland

Juan Carlos Munoz / Ink cap fungus {Coprinus acuminatus} in taiga woodland, autumn, Laponia / Lappland , Finland

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

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

George McCarthy / Ink cap fungus {Coprinus lagopides} Surrey, UK

George McCarthy / Magpie fungus {Coprinus picaceus} growing amongst leaf litter, UK

Chris O'Reilly / Ink cap fungi in woodland {Coprinus sylvestris} Derbyshire, UK

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 / Glistening ink caps (Coprinus micaceus) UK

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

Nigel Bean / Glistening ink caps {Coprinus micaceus} Norfolk, UK

Nigel Bean / Common ink cap growing on lawn (Coprinus atramentarius) England

Jose B. Ruiz / Glistening ink cap {Coprinus micaceus} growing under Bracken, Vizcaya, Basque country, Europe

Jose B. Ruiz / Glistening ink cap {Coprinus micaceus} Vizcaya, Basque country, Europe

Adrian Davies / Magpie Fungus {Coprinus picaceus} in Beech wood, UK

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 / Hare's foot inkcap fungus {Coprinus lagopus} Belgium

Philippe Clement / Magpie inkcap toadstool {Coprinus picaceus} cap close-up, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Magpie inkcap fungus {Coprinus picaceus} Belgium

Philippe Clement / Close up of Common inkcap fungus showing ink droplet {Coprinus atramentarius} Belgium

Philippe Clement / Close up of Common inkcap fungus showing ink droplet {Coprinus atramentarius} Belgium

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

Philippe Clement / Glistening inkcap fungi {Coprinus micaceus} Belgium