Two decaying fruit bodies of Coprinopsis
lagopus (Harefoot Mushroom) were found in a muddy gateway at Llanrhidian
yesterday. There were a dozen or so small flies buzzing around and landing on the
caps, which were in an advanced state of decay. Ray Wilson kindly identified
the flies as Sylvicola sp., which belong to the Anisopodidae (window midges), the larvae
of which are known to feed on fungi, so presumably these were egg-laying
females.
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