It is not unusual after extended periods of rain for me to find mushrooms growing out of soil or mulch. Having a healthy fungal population in the garden is a good thing, since this is part of the decay process that provides nutrients for plants.
I’ve seen this mushroom before, and if my identification is correct it’s a Flowerpot Parasol (Leucocoprinus birnbaumii).
This particular one is growing in the large pot that houses the rain gauge post. The first day I spotted it, the caps were bulbous and yellow.
By the next day the caps had opened and flattened out.
The yellow color was gone by the third day and the caps were beginning to collapse.
In this particular setting, these mushrooms were constrained by being squished in among Lanceleaf Coreopsis leaves. However, here’s a photo of a cluster I found back in October 2023, where you can see why they got the name Flowerpot Parasol.
Rewilding My Lot 
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