** \[up: [[Fungi]] – [[Mushrooms]] ]** --- # Shaggy ink cap mushrooms (*Coprinus comatus*) [[Shaggy ink cap mushrooms can “push their way through asphalt and lift heavy paving stones, although they are not themselves a rough material.”]][^1] > “Pick an ink cap and you can fry it up and eat it. Leave it in a jar, and its bright white flesh will deliquesce into a pitch-black ink over the course of a few days (the illustrations in this book were drawn with *Coprinus* ink).”[^2] [^1]: Merlin Sheldrake, *[[Sheldrake. 'Entangled Life', 2021.|Entangled Life]]* (UK: Vintage, 2021), p. 7. [^2]: Merlin Sheldrake, *[[Sheldrake. 'Entangled Life', 2021.|Entangled Life]]* (UK: Vintage, 2021), p. 7.