Fan-shaped Jelly Fungus

My discovery today was a little different than usual. Today, I managed to find a cluster of mushrooms growing on a fallen tree. This discovery surprised me, because it's not the rainy season where I live. These mushrooms usually appear during the rainy season. But this fallen tree was in a place with moist soil and very cool air. Perhaps that's why the mushrooms were able to thrive on the tree trunk.

It was a Fan-shaped Jelly Fungus, or Dacrymyces spathularia in scientific terms, a fungus from the Dacrymycetaceae family. These mushrooms are very small, grow in clusters, and have a bright color that makes them easy to spot. Besides their small size, their flesh is also very soft, similar to jelly. I think the name Fan-shaped Jelly Fungus comes from the soft, jelly-like flesh. It's a unique name, but easy to remember.

These small mushrooms grew quietly among the decaying bark fragments. They didn't make any noise, let alone cry out for praise. They grew silently, yet gracefully. From this mushroom we can learn that something that was thought to be over, but what happened was the opposite, it was actually a new beginning.