I used to get so worried whenever I saw wild mushrooms in my garden beds, especially in spring because mushrooms are fungi and fungi in soil typically don’t sound good. That was before I went online and learned that mushrooms are nature’s way of telling me I have nutrient-dense soil aka rich soil.
It turned out mushrooms will sprout in soil that are rich in organic matter and that’s one thing any gardener loves to hear. The bed where mushrooms sprouted this spring is now giving me lots of zucchini squashes and cherry tomatoes.



That’s great! Just make sure you don’t eat any of them! 😆
I had a tree taken down but some roots were still in the ground. While they were decomposing, there were mushrooms the size of pie plates sprouting all over them. I wish I had thought to take pictures!
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Oh absolutely and always make sure they’re not poisonous. 😆
Decomposing roots, that’s mushroom breeding grounds, all right.
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Exactly, because poisonous is usually deadly.
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I feel like I could just reach out and touch that mushroom. I love your entry this week 😀
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Thank you. 🙂
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Very lovely captures 🙂
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Thank you.
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Mushrooms communicate with plants and exchange nutrients with them (beneficially). 😉
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Either way, mushrooms are signs of good soil.
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