I’ve always like fungus and mushrooms. As a child, I would be frightened by my parents often about them. I was told that they were poisonous. I wouldn’t get near edible mushrooms or fungi for most of my early life.
I photographed this fungus (left) in the mulch under a shrub in our front yard. I’m sure it arose from covered up cat poop. Although we have a litter box for the cats in the garage, they prefer to go in our mulch, or in our neighbors’ mulch, during the warm months.
Here’s a photo of mushrooms that I took in a neighbor’s yard. This yard is too far away from my cats and dog to visit, but I’m sure that some dog poop caused these to spring up after a rain. I just don’t understand why I didn’t get any in our backyard, which is my dog’s toilet.
What do fungus and mushrooms do for us. I found this cool website to explain what they do for us. According to Tom Volk:
Most of these mushroom are good for our yard, degrading waste products and returning them to the soil. Even more important are the mushrooms that are associated with trees as mycorrhizae. Without this mutualistic association most trees would not survive. Killing these fungi would effectively kill your trees.
Nature can take care of its wastes. I only wish men could take care of theirs.
The Earth Is Not a Trash Can 
Kenneth said,
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 @ 3:45 am
I’m always pleased to see blogs like yours because they share my point of view. If you’d like, you can check out
http://www.alternative-energy-secrets.com. I often go there for I have the same sentiments when it comes to cO2 emissions and how to save up money using alternative methods.
You might want to check it out.
And regarding mushrooms, I prefer them for a hearty stew. But is the first mushroom photo edible, looks like toxic to me…well, I’m not an expert on mushrooms.hehe. From now on, I have a greater respect for these fungal networks