By popular request, two photos from yesterday’s walk. And as you can see, yesterday the sky rained.
An inkcap, beginning to ‘ink’: photo 15th Oct 2018
Three mucky versions of the above: photo 15th October 2018
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That first image is just perfection. Do you know if they were used to make ink or just earned their name because of that inky staining round the cap?
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No, it’s just because they go ‘inky’ as they decay. Sometimes all you find is a disgusting inky mess. There are several species in the family. I like them. they’re easy to recognise.
I took loads of photos of inkcaps last week too, but I’m holding them back for now: they might just answer one of the photo challange titles.
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They’re weird looking things – and sound revolting once they start to decay! Looking forward to more fungal photography!
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I shall oblige you tomorrow. Though, warning, tomorrow’s offering could be seen as … a little bit naughty. 🙂
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Haha! Saucy postcard fungi? A new experience 🙂
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Hope you enjoy!
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Lovely!
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Good eye! I had the same question as Lynn about the inkcaps. What an interesting mushroom! I was just listening to an interview on the radio with someone who makes inks out of found substances — not just natural but also urban detritus like rusty nails and brick dust. Which of course makes me wonder if maybe you *could* make ink from inkcaps. Hmm…
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I’m sure at some time someone has tried. In Europea ink used to be made from the oak gall (which is produced by the incubating grub of a wasp) but it was also mixed with red wine. Burgundy, I think. So I guess it would smell nice. No wonder writers were so often found in the wine bars!
As an inquisitive kid I also tried making ink out of found objects. But I was never successful. Guess I didn’t know about gummy stuff for fixing the colour.
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I looked it up and apparently you can make ink from inkcaps, how fun! None of the pages I found showed an example of what it looked like, though.
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Hey, what’d you know. Though even as they begin to ink-up, they don’t invite my hands to get any nearer. I’ve seen some that are a totally inky mess. Yik.
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I love these weird little discoveries — definitely being added to my Eneana landscape. 🙂
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Imagine inkcaps grown to the size of a goat, and it inks up, and slowly decompose into a black stinky and inky puddle. Right in the hero’s path …
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Oo, I like it!
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🙂
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I was also thinking of special rare varieties of inkcaps, where writing with the ink is *magical*.
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Wow, yea. That would be brilliant. You need to check out the other species in the family. There are more than the one’s I’ve featured.
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