The mycelium is running!

These are some of the fungus's that are fruiting in the three month old sheet mulch I have laid over my front lawn. I was terribly excited to see mushrooms in the garden because 

1) Reading Mycelium running by Paul Stamets will turn you into a full blown fungus fan and

2) Fungi are the 'teeth of the soil'. Their presence in the garden means that humus is being created and that their is life in the soil. The fungi are the decomposers of ecosystems and they are important in turning death into new life. Fuck yeah

So far I have only seen these two types of fungus, but I cannot wait to see what else will pop up over time in my very first ever forest garden...

The sprouts all around are from a broadcast of seed to build the soil, shade the soil and give me something to eat; obtain a yeild! I have sown: Alfalfa (nitrogen-fixing, edible), Mustard (edible, build soil with root mass), Dandelion (healthiest vegetable ever tested by US Dept. Food and agriculture, nutrient accumulator, remedies soil compaction) and Garlic (just for kicks) among others.

I had never seen this peculiar fungus but was so stoked to see it I jumped right ouf the car all excited. I probably have seen it before I was a fungus fan actually, but just never acknowledged it.