Fairy Inkcap grows in dense trooping's, or clusters on deadwood in deciduous woodlands. When they mature they deliquesce, or dissolve to spread spores

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Fairy Inkcap grows in dense trooping's, or clusters on deadwood in deciduous woodlands. When they mature they deliquesce, or dissolve to spread the spoors into the soil.

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Location: Scarborough, UK
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