Found a weird mushroom growing out of my fiddle leaf fig pot last week

I was watering my fiddle leaf fig last Tuesday and spotted this bright orange mushroom poking out of the soil. Turns out it's called a flowerpot parasol and it's totally harmless, but has anyone else had random fungi pop up in their houseplants?

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rose_hart311mo ago

@charlie_fisher45 reminds me of the time a mushroom sprouted out of my cactus dirt and I nearly screamed.

charlie_fisher451mo ago

Last month I found a little yellow blob in my snake plant pot and freaked out lol. It ended up being just a harmless slime mold that disappeared after a few days. I honestly think the soil is just too rich or maybe stays damp too long, but it's wild how mushrooms can just pop up like that. My roommate had a bright red one in her peace lily once and we were both terrified until we looked it up. They come out of nowhere and then vanish just as quick, it's kind of cool actually.

jade2217d ago

Oh come on, is it really that big of a deal? It's just a mushroom or some slime mold, not exactly a sign the place is haunted. @charlie_fisher45 I get that it looks weird popping up out of nowhere, but freaking out over a yellow blob in a pot seems like a lot of drama. Honestly, soil gets damp and things grow, that's just how it works. People act like a mushroom in a peace lily is some kind of horror movie twist, but it's probably just the dirt being a little rich.