#MilkingBonnet #mushrooms are popping up in all of our local #forest environments now. These ones were tiny - about 1cm tall.

Milking bonnets are an important leaf litter decomposer. It's able to utilize all the major constituents of plant litter. It's especially adept at attacking cellulose & lignin, the latter of which is the second most abundant renewable organic compound in the biosphere.

#fungi #FallSeason #SaanichParks #Nature #Saanich #YYJ #VictoriaBC #CuthbertHolmesPark #moss #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Autumn #shrooms #MushroomsIdentification #ecological #ecosystems