Coal black
When did you last see a piece of coal? How many people under the age of 30 have ever seen a piece?
There’s a fungus in the woods which looks as black as a piece of coal.
![Russula nigricans - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)80](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Russula-nigricans-The-Hall-of-Einar--725x408.jpg)
It’s Russula nigricans, the Blackening Brittlegill. It was originally grey and pure white. Not now. I’ll have to come here again next year to see them in pristine condition.