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Mushrooms all over my back yard
Posted on 7/23/24 at 10:04 am
Posted on 7/23/24 at 10:04 am
Is there something I can put down to stop this from happening? They're everywhere and I know it's been raining a lot but surely there's something I can do to prevent it.
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Posted on 7/23/24 at 10:13 am to TDsngumbo
Lots of rain, they’ll disappear in short order on their own. You have a lot of organic matter - mushroom substrate - in your lawn. That’s not a bad thing. Of all the lawn issues one must deal with, mushrooms don’t even appear on the radar screen - IMHO of course. 
ETA: I suppose it’s possible you could have a lot of thatch build-up in your lawn. If that’s the case, de-thatching the lawn & lawn aeration might help going forward. When grass is active growth - like now - that is the.best time to de-thatch & aerate.
ETA: I suppose it’s possible you could have a lot of thatch build-up in your lawn. If that’s the case, de-thatching the lawn & lawn aeration might help going forward. When grass is active growth - like now - that is the.best time to de-thatch & aerate.
This post was edited on 7/23/24 at 10:36 am
Posted on 7/23/24 at 10:29 am to TDsngumbo
Mushrooms are usually caused by rotting wood under the surface of your yard.
Posted on 7/23/24 at 10:35 am to TDsngumbo
it means you have healthy fertile soil
embrace the fungi
embrace the fungi
Posted on 7/23/24 at 10:59 am to TDsngumbo
Watch Fantastic Fungi on Netflix. Great show!
Take some magnified photos of them and enjoy the details……
Take some magnified photos of them and enjoy the details……
Posted on 7/23/24 at 11:09 am to Yewkindewit
Take some magnified photos of them and enjoy the details……
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I enjoy looking at the different types that popup.
My wife is deathly scared that our granddaughter may touch one!
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I enjoy looking at the different types that popup.
My wife is deathly scared that our granddaughter may touch one!
Posted on 7/23/24 at 11:45 am to TDsngumbo
post a pic on the ob 2 see if u can eat them
Posted on 7/23/24 at 12:26 pm to Yewkindewit
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Watch Fantastic Fungi on Netflix. Great show!
And then go read Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake. Really good book that makes fungi and mushrooms more interesting than you'd expect.
Posted on 7/23/24 at 7:58 pm to cgrand
Wish more people understood the benefits of mushrooms and their relationship with plants.
Posted on 7/23/24 at 8:05 pm to TimeOutdoors
my place is covered in mushrooms right now, everywhere…lawn, garden, flower beds. It’s a sight to behold
I have an old oak stump that I built a bed around and it has some reishi‘s on it as big as a trash can lid. I’ve got bark and compost piles that are so woven with mycorrhizae you can barely pull it apart. Fungi are amazing. They do all the work and get none of the hype
I have an old oak stump that I built a bed around and it has some reishi‘s on it as big as a trash can lid. I’ve got bark and compost piles that are so woven with mycorrhizae you can barely pull it apart. Fungi are amazing. They do all the work and get none of the hype
Posted on 7/24/24 at 8:32 am to CrawDude
Should we pick them before passing the mower over them? I’m wondering if mulching up all those spores will simply make it worse?
Posted on 7/24/24 at 9:50 am to RealityTiger
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Should we pick them before passing the mower over them? I’m wondering if mulching up all those spores will simply make it worse?
I seriously doubt that would improve anything, but that is just my opinion. The number of spores a single mushroom can produce is massive, but if you want to, have at it. The mushroom is just the fruiting body of fungi, and the mycelium (vegetative body) underground, decomposing organic matter, is massive relative to what you see on the surface.
I don’t know about everyone else but in my personal experience when they show up in my lawn, they shrivel up and disappear within several days and do not re-appear until the following year in hot, wet weather, repeat cycle. I find they disappear on their own as quickly as they show up.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 12:26 pm to TimeOutdoors
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Wish more people understood the benefits of mushrooms and their relationship with plants.
Like the "humongous fungus" in an Oregon national forest. It is one of the largest living organisms in the world at over three square miles in size, and it is thousands of years old. It is only noticed when it produces the honey mushroom, otherwise it is just an unseen network of mycelium feeding on tree roots. In its case, it feeds on living tree roots, which is good and bad. It is a good natural forest control/management tool, but it does eventually kill healthy trees.
It is amazing to think about the scale of it and how long it has been doing its thing.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 12:43 pm to RealityTiger
I was told to pick them by the root. If you mow over they will just spread. I have dogs so pick daily as I don’t know if these mushrooms are toxic. If they weren’t I’d just leave them.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 12:50 pm to Dixie2023
quote:no they won’t
If you mow over they will just spread.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 1:01 pm to cgrand
I dunno. That’s just what I was as told.
Posted on 7/28/24 at 3:31 pm to Dixie2023
Posted on 7/29/24 at 10:32 am to bayoubengals88
I use them to practice on my golf swing.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 12:32 pm to Dixie2023
quote:My concern as well. Just gave away 12-14 Japanese Yew after my dog at some berries. I didn't realize these were toxic but they're apparently fatal for dogs.
I have dogs so pick daily as I don’t know if these mushrooms are toxic.
Doggie is fine btw.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 12:56 pm to The Mick
Glad your dog is ok. So many are toxic, I check bf anything comes into my house or yard. A chance of tummy upset might get a pass. We have a lot of sago palms and oleander around. See it all over. Both super deadly. The latter is deadly to humans, too.
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