The Common Inkcap usually forms small clusters and arises from soil and leaf litter around deadwood. They deliquesce forming a black liquid

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The Common Inkcap usually forms small clusters and arises from soil and leaf litter around deadwood. They deliquesce forming a black liquid that spreads the spores

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Location: Scarborough, UK
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