Mushrooms

[Iambjm]

I noticed these growing on a bale of straw, anybody know what they are?

[Steve Foss]

Barb, it looks like a species within the Genus Coprinus. Some within the genus are called inkies or inky caps. One of my guides shows the same shrooms you have pictured here but doesn't identify the species, merely listing it as an unknown species of Coprinus.

[pumpkinfisher]

I have seen mushrooms very simalor to this on horse manure. The had a stronger shade of blue though. They were short lived too.