Little Fungi Discoveries Around Our Chicken Coop: Look What I Found While Doing My Daily Chores

‎**"Every fungus has a purpose in nature's endless cycle."** ‎ ‎Hello, dear Hivers and fungi lovers! I hope you all are having a wonderful day. 🌷 ‎ ‎After I fed our dog outside, I saw a little white mushroom on the other side, below our chicken coop. It caught my attention since this is usually the kind of mushroom that just keeps poking out in this area. Curiosity made me Google it with Google Lens ‎to find out what species it is. ‎ ‎ ‎According to the search result, it is similar to Leucocoprinus cepistipes. ‎Of course, it is just an assumption since I am still not that knowledgeable about fungi. But I find it quite interesting that this species is commonly found in areas with plenty of organic matter such as in garden beds and growing media. ‎ ‎ ‎It was described as a new species in the late eighteenth century, and since then, it has been found throughout tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The Philippines' warm and moist climate is favorable for cultivating various mushrooms. It is truly incredible how mushrooms could just continuously poke out of the ground without us humans planting them. ‎ ‎After spotting the little white mushroom, I also saw some other fungi nearby. They are called common split-gill fungi. ‎ ‎ ‎They seem very different from the first one I saw earlier. ‎ ‎This one does not have a typical umbrella-shaped cap with a stem in the center but rather has split fans or gills that grow directly on the wood without a stem. ‎ ‎ ‎The reason I knew it was a split-gill fungus was that my mother used to cook this when I was little. Nevertheless, I did not harvest or cook them since there were only a few of them. I would just let nature take its course and leave them alone. 🥰 ‎ ‎-- ‎ ‎ ‎Photo credits: All photos used in this post are my own. ‎Cover: Created by me using ChatGPT.