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Shaggy mane mushrooms
Photograph by Garry Squires, 2019
 

Two shaggy mane mushrooms (Coprinus comatus) stand close together in grass, their tall white caps covered in layered scales and edged with darkening rims. This stage comes just before the caps begin to break down into an inky black liquid, a typical trait of this species.