Shaggy ink cap

The shaggy ink cap or Coprinus comatus emerges from the leaf litter as curious rough-edged egg. It blooms into a parasol of grey-blues and ivory before slowly melting into a space black puddle of goo.

Framed in a vintage store frame, that has experienced a serious makeover, customised exactly for this painting and mounted on a painted page of 'a Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady'.