“Ink cap mushrooms” are some of the coolest fungi I did not even know existed until a few days ago, when I spotted these (coprinus comatus - shaggy ink cap, I think) mushrooms in the yard and garden.
Turns out they’re actually pretty common but to me they seem like something from a fairytale. They emerge for just a few hours before the cap releases its spores by flattening out and liquifying, essentially digesting itself and producing a spore-laden pigmented black ink that can be used (& was used in the past) for writing.
Stay weird, Mother Nature.
