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Planet Sam: Colour from the season Shaggy Ink Cap - Black (and Mushroom Ink) | Stuffed mushrooms, Mushroom art, Ink

Last week I spent a few days camping on a woodland site. One of the many magical things I discovered was a small clump of Shaggy Ink Cap mushrooms (Coprinas comatus), which although fairly common, I hadn't seen before (perhaps because they only last a very short time). I decided to collect their ink and then draw them with it… It's not difficult to make Mushroom Ink from Ink Cap's, I leaned how from the Natural History Museum (kids only!) website here. First sighting - already past their…

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Shaggy Inkcap, painted in foraged mushroom ink, original, mushroom painting, by Abigail Whelan. in 2025 | Mushroom drawing, Stuffed mushrooms, Cap drawing

This is an original painting of a shaggy ink cap mushroom hand painted entirely in ink made from the same mushrooms, by me, Abigail Whelan in my studio in Lincolnshire, England. Inkcap mushrooms naturally deliquesce, or melt in to a black liquid as they age, which can be made into ink. I have foraged for the mushrooms from the surrounding countryside and prepared the ink in my studio. It is beautiful ink to work with and perfect for this detailed work.

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