Jun 19
Field trip creatures part 7:
Tiny mushrooms!
Mushrooms are creatures, right?
I have no idea what any of these mushrooms are, but look at how tiny and cute they look! Fungi are essential components of healthy forest ecosystems, because they decompose the old, fallen trees and help nutrients from them return back into the soil. A mushroom is just a fruiting body of a fungal net below, so picking a mushroom doesn't kill the fungus. It's more or less like picking up fruit, since mushrooms are a type of reproductive organ.
And yes, those tiniest mushrooms are in the moss. They are so small that moss looks like trees next to them.
I saved the tiniest for the end. They are transparent 🥹
