Fungus/mushrooms on soil?

[LucaSt]

Hey guys!

Do you know what are this brown things on the soil of my bonsai? Are those small mushrooms? Or what?

Most important....good or bad? Shall I remove or leave them?

Thanks in advance

Regards

 

[sorce]

More good than bad if bad at all.
Bad like Michael Jackson.

Sorce

 

[TomB]

Yes that's some kind of fungus. It's normally a sign of healthy soil biology. I'd just leave them, unless they grew to the point that they were clogging drainage etc, or were a known harmful species.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Sarcoscypha coccinea - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[TomB]

Elf cups normally grow on deacaying wood though? Maybe one of the Peziza species?

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Elf cups normally grow on deacaying wood though? Maybe one of the Peziza species?

This could very well be the case! I'm not familiar with UK species of fungi. However, I did notice that the soil in the pot looks high in organics.
There are a bunch of 'cultivars' of elf cups with orange-ish colors, so I figured that it's possible that they're elf cups. I'm no mycologist though, so I can agree with any other ID that has a better fit.