A few highlights of my family walk around Abbey Park in Leicester on Sunday. There’s quite a lot of biodiversity at this city park and the waterfowl and squirrels were still busying themselves despite lots of visitors and the massive noisy fair next door. Here are some glistening ink caps where you can see the mica starting to wash off from the rain. . . . #abbeypark #abbeyparkleicester #mica #glisteninginkcap #mushroomhunting #fungiinthecity #redberryflower #daisies #magnolia #woodcarving (at Harrowby, Lincolnshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq4ztGronW_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Glistening inkcap, or Woodland Inkcap? Know the difference? The Glistening Inkcap is also known as the Mica Inkcap, due to the thin layer of powder on its surface. Edible? Yes. But pretty bland and has no nutritional value, so best to leave it be. 🚫 Other varieties of Inkcap can be inedible, so if you are wanting to try them, make sure you have identified the correct species! This species actually looks similar to another if the rain has washed away the powder, so please be very careful. 🚫 #fungus #mushrooms #micainkcap #glisteninginkcap #coprinellusmicaceus #adventure #walking #walk #exercise #dansaalfurinn #dansaálfurinn #family #hiking #travelphotography #woods #woodland #woodlandwalk #nature #nofilter #nofilterneeded https://www.instagram.com/p/CPWlenRMeE9/?utm_medium=tumblr

I found a mushroom! First one in an age, be still my fungi obsessed heart. This is perhaps a Mica Cap (#coprinusmicaceus) or Glistening Ink Cap as it has salt or mica-like speckles - so says @seekbyinat . It looks a bit darker than the more tawny pictures in my Roger Phillips Mushroom book however, but I did find it around buried wood (we found this on a wood stump border at the Stave Hill Ecology Park) and the Glistening Inkcap is also apparently one of the first mushrooms you’re likely to see after winter - so perhaps the app is spot on. Ink caps are interesting as they eventually self digest and collapse into black goo (hence their name). #inkcap #inkcapmushroom #springmushroom #fungi #fungifun #mycology #mushrooms #london #glisteninginkcap #takenwithaniphone #imacrophotography #iphoneography #hackneyoutdoors #science #getoutdoors (at Stave Hill) https://www.instagram.com/p/COm2tj1HcTU/?igshid=1xgnlq5dw7fav

Glistening Inkcaps (Not edible unfortunately) #mushrooms #foraging #woods #explore #glisteninginkcap #photoaday #31mar21 #CuriousMagpiePhotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CNNwvEep023/?igshid=1063erhr8xs2a

Took Pixie on our last big wood walk together before she heads to her forever home tomorrow. It’s been a whirlwind month or so together and I’m going to miss my lil’ lodger so much. But, it’s time for her to begin her new life with a new family who will hopefully love her as much as I have. I’m going to take a break from dog fostering for a few weeks to catch up with friends, family and work and maybe do a bit of travel (Pixie’s least favourite thing). Then, I’ll probably be ready for another dog friend to come and stay with me for a while. 🐕 💕. From the walk today - scarlet elf cups are still making an appearance in the moss, glistening mica ink caps are now in season and oak moss is still falling from the trees in the high Spring winds. . . . #scarletelfcup #glisteninginkcap #micainkcaps #oakmoss #dogfoster #dogfostering #adoptdontshop #springwatch #springwalk #almawoods #lincolnshire (at Harrowby, Lincolnshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqiaXRCoglZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=