Oddbean new post about login | logout Zone 8B Does anyone know what these little pod looking things are? They are in most of my garden beds that were mulched. https://www.diningandcooking.com/962444/zone-8b-does-anyone-know-what-these-little-pod-looking-things-are-they-are-in-most-of-my-garden-beds-that-were-mulched/ #Gardening #Vegetable #VegetableGardening https://media.vive.im/media_attachments/files/111/171/816/889/841/498/original/410a59f68f0ad3f6.jpg
@47ce6ec1 It doesn't look like mulch, it looks like bark chips. Bark chips remove nitrogen from the soil, making it infertile. The round outgrowths are probably fungal bodies of fungi that existed in the bark. Anywhere you still want to plant something next year, I would spread a thin layer of calcium cyanamide in the winter (preferably on top of the snow) to restore the nutrient balance.
@47ce6ec1 I'm pretty sure these are Bird's nest fungi, they're neat little guys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nidulariaceae
