😲 We noticed something strange in a friend’s garden, and we were surprised to discover what it was.
Yesterday, while walking through a friend’s garden, we noticed something odd. Looking closely at the ground, among the wood chips, we spotted small mysterious shapes.
Intrigued, we leaned in for a better look, initially thinking they might be fallen seeds or insect eggs. But it was neither. So, we took some pictures to show her grandfather.
When we got to his place and showed him the images, he had a surprised look on his face. He asked us to take him to the exact spot where we had seen them.
Honestly, I was a little nervous about his reaction, fearing that it might be something dangerous.
When we finally discovered what it was, we were really surprised.
I’ll explain everything in detail in the article linked in the first comment 👇👇👇.
It turned out to be mushrooms: bird’s nest fungi, scientifically called nidulariaceae.
These curious little structures live up to their name, as they perfectly mimic tiny nests filled with eggs.
The “eggs,” in fact, are small capsules containing spores.
When rain falls, the water droplets splash these capsules, propelling them out of the “nest” to allow the fungi to reproduce.
An ingenious and fascinating mechanism in nature, something we had no idea about before this discovery.
We were amazed by the subtle beauty of these mushrooms, almost invisible at first glance, but remarkably unique.
It reminded us that even in a simple garden, beneath our feet, there’s a miniature world full of mysteries and surprises.
