Coprinus comatus, Shaggy Ink Cap

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Rumi

Forager
Certainly something good for the pot, just make sure you avoid alcohol with it.

only eat it cooked and only the young egg shaped version. cut and cook fresh, these do not keep.

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Rumi

Forager
A lot of Dark Ages manuscripts were written using the "ink" from the ink cap mushrooms. It makes great ink, but there is a problem, the manuscripts have to be kept bone dry. As soon as the pages get damp which was not uncommon the ink grows into mycellium devouring the cellulose in the paper rendering the documents useless.
 

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