I spotted these white-capped mushrooms in the wild the other day. Well, in a Cambridge yard. They have such an Alice in Wonderland quality, I wanted to eat them right then and there. 

How cute are we?

Can’t you just see fairies dancing around the toadstools like May poles and then scurrying back to their woodsy homes?

And thanks to this sweet field guide to mushrooms I picked up at an estate sale (couldn’t resist the illustrated cover), I was able to identify them as Coprinus niveus. Or something.

Know your 'shrooms