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Can't really tell what the sprout is, the leaves are the best identifier. Anyhow, it might not even be a seedling at all, often times new sprouts can come off old root shoots or something that is still alive down below. "Life will find a way", hard to say what it is but it sorta looks like the ivy we have down here, it probably isn't. Just need to let it grow and see what happens, maybe you can clone it
Glad to hear you haven't TOO MANY shrooms, I guess I had a bit of spores in my batches, either way it's not a big deal, I just try to control them so they don't get out of control. Last thing I want is my entire lawn covered in these mushrooms. Indeed, the mushrooms growing out of the soil means that things are ALIVE, and there is active soil bacteria. The interaction between these bacteria, the fungus, and the root zones are imperative for the healthiest plants. As you know, they symbiotically interact with each other in a positive manner, sometimes the fungus can attach to the roots and help expand the surface area of the roots by many times, as well as other positive benefits.
"It adds up to a fundamental mutualistic relationship between fungi and green plants, one that has been evolving for millions of years," Dunham said. "Most plants — from orchids, rhododendrons and madrone trees to most fruit and nut trees, turf grasses, annuals and perennials — depend on some type of fungal activity
The mycorrhizal filaments of fungi also produce organic compounds that glue soils together and improve their structure and porosity to enhance root growth. In addition, mycorrhizae in the soil have been found to suppress soil-borne pathogens and protect plants from root diseases.
So they help decompose some of that woody material into a much more nutrient rich compost. Really kind of interesting, and something if I had the time I would study MUCH more. For now, I'll stay simple, and relaxed.
LOL I thought of that right after I posted the picture.. "That isn't the best picture should I delete it and go take another, ahh" was going through my head. We will check it out today and see what it is looking like. I might just pull it and the hog in attempts to leave that soil as is, nice and nutrient right. I was giving it a look see the other day underneath those pieces of stump I had left there over the top soils, wow, it is so alive. I will take some pictures and post, really amped to get some of that into a tea and see what it can do, after plucking out all the roly-polies and such
Now that you say it I have been noticing more and more shrooms around the yard, tan-yellow-grey tall structured. I will get a picture on the next update see if they are identical. I remember talking about this with you and when I began noticing them, added it up to us using the same soil, you called Les! Must have been that real white fuzzy that was in the nrich.
That is some really interesting info Les, definitely would be beneficial to learn a little more in depth, but the relaxed simple approach is always welcomed in my garden!
would be really sweet to be able to examine your own soil with a high powered microscope and zoom in onto those fungus and bacteria 
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