Two tiny Galerinas in the darkness of the forest. These two mushrooms emerged from the same mycelium (fungal network) and are related here. The small Galerina is also pressed against the trunk of the larger one and seems to hug or hold the trunk a bit.
Mushrooms are not plants. They form a group of their own. You can't pick them either, after which they come back. They don't. Mushrooms are an outgrowth of the fungal network under the ground or in the stems on which they stand. Galerinas are not edible.
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