These toadstools are tiny. I really do mean tiny. They're only about 1-2cm high and there are hundreds of them. They cover a good 10 square meters or so and grow underneath the large ficus in the main park. Like most of the fungus at work, they only show up with the first decent soak of the winter rain. I love taking photos of these as you can really get the detail in the picture, as Im unfortunately not eccentric enough to crawl on my hands and knees to get a close view of them. I really must do a course on fungus or something as there are quite an assortment of species around the parks that I work in, but I know almost nothing about them aside from how to kill the malicious ones (spray copper! most fungi HATES copper, so does moss for that matter) and how to tell the difference between a mushroom and a toadstool (a general rule of thumb is if it looks like a white button mushroom, then break it open. The flesh inside the mushroom will stay white, while toadstool flesh very quickly turns brown when exposed to air. If you are ever uncertain DON'T EAT IT)
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