Mushrooms in the Desert?

Yes, even in the desert you will find wild mushrooms.  We were spotting many mushrooms in the mornings...springing up here and there in the garden...they would be gone by the afternoon sun.
So we researched further...
Mushrooms are an intergral part of the garden's ecosystem.  They are doing one of 2 things, either of which is crucial to the health of our garden:  (they are not edible)

*saprobic mushrooms help decompose dead organic material (in our case the mulch) .  Their mycelia chew up fallen leaves, woody debris, dead rootlets etc., returning this material to the soil

*mycorrhizal mushrooms are involved in symbiotic relationships with plants and trees.  The plant's rootlets are surrounded and protected by the mushrooms mycelium which helps the plant absorb water and nutrients; in exchange the fungus gets sugars and amino acids

People actually plant mushrooms to help their plants grow bigger and better.
Instead of the mushrooms being a nuisance- we find quite the opposite is true...nature knows exactly what she is doing and it is best to learn as much as we can from her.  We have a naturaly occuring healthy ecosystem going on...everything is helping each other all on its own without our interference...
We stand in awe at the perfection of it all...