Fascinating Fungi!

Mother Nature sure knows how to keep things interesting.

Here comes one of her strangest plants in the woods: ghost plants...also known as corpse plants. They have no chlorophyll and do not require sunlight. They live off the fungi in the soil.

I share them every year...because every year they fascinate me even more. And they also creep me out just a bit.

And this odd pink fungi appeared in my garden surrounding one of my tiny hostas. 

I always panic a little bit when I see something like this...but after doing a little research I found that this helotiaceae is harmless and is just feeding off the decaying matter in the soil helping to break it down. Some studies even show that it can actually inhibit other harmful fungi.

It's also known as jelly drops...or jelly discs....and I can see why.

I'm going to be watching it closely every day to see how it changes. It's actually very cool.

It's a nice little pop of color in my texture garden. 

I didn't spend time looking...I might have even missed it.