Hillside Findings

While out on the hillside, M yelled excitedly at something he found with a friend from Dogwood. 

"Look! Look! It's little mushrooms!"

"They are brown and so small."

"Yeah, they are tiny! I don't know if there are anymore around here."

"See how tiny it is. I think they are poisonous!"

"Yeah, we can't eat these ones."

"I don't know how they got here."

"I think they just grew here."
"Someone planted them here!"

L soon became very interested in what the boys found. He examined the fungi with both his fingers and his eye. 

"Look, there's the mushrooms!"

L dug around the surrounding area looking around for other small mushrooms to pick. 

"I don't see anymore. I don't like them, they are yucky!"

M, W, & L continued their search around the hillside to find more mushrooms. They looked around in the grass and especially near trees. Although they were unsuccessful they were curious about how the mushrooms got there. How did the mushrooms appear? Are there other plants that pop up without anyone planting them?