Mushrooms all over the place.
#1
Mushrooms all over the place.
What's going on. Me and many in our neighborhood are finding very large mushrooms popping up in our lawns. I have had two very big crops the past two weeks. I also have a healthy lawn...Well, that may be up for discussion.
I do not fertilize or weed and feed. So from my perspective I have a healthy natural lawn that is safe for kids and pets. However, many of the neighbors do in fact have lawn care of various degrees. But we all have the mushroom problem.
Is it because of the extreme dry weather this past summer? Then as of late we have had rain at least once a week over the past three weeks?
These suckers are big. I mean in the 6" to 8" to 12" size or bigger if left to grow.
I do not fertilize or weed and feed. So from my perspective I have a healthy natural lawn that is safe for kids and pets. However, many of the neighbors do in fact have lawn care of various degrees. But we all have the mushroom problem.
Is it because of the extreme dry weather this past summer? Then as of late we have had rain at least once a week over the past three weeks?
These suckers are big. I mean in the 6" to 8" to 12" size or bigger if left to grow.
#2
Why is it a problem? Pick them and throw them away.
Sounds like Chlorophyllum Molybdites... they are a big parasol mushroom that comes up this time of year. Starts out round, then opens up like a umbrella. White, slightly ringed on top.
Sounds like Chlorophyllum Molybdites... they are a big parasol mushroom that comes up this time of year. Starts out round, then opens up like a umbrella. White, slightly ringed on top.
#4
Member
Total non issue with the lawn.
We have had a drought here for some time then 4 3/4" of rain.
Every yard I mowed had them.
I just mow over them.
There gone until it rains again.
We have had a drought here for some time then 4 3/4" of rain.
Every yard I mowed had them.
I just mow over them.
There gone until it rains again.
#6
The edible one (parasol mushroom) grows in the woods in these parts while the poisonous one grows in full sun in yards... they are similar but anyone who knows mushrooms would never mis take one for the other.
Getting rid of them would obviously reduce the amount of spores for next years crop. (Instead of kicking them or mowing over them).
Getting rid of them would obviously reduce the amount of spores for next years crop. (Instead of kicking them or mowing over them).
#8
Group Moderator
If you don't like them and decide to pick them you need to do it when they first appear even if it means doing it first thing in the morning before work. They grow extremely fast and if you get them after they have opened they have already released most of their spores to grow the next batch.
#9
Group Moderator
Mushrooms are a sign of decaying organic material in the soil. Tree roots are a common cause in established lawns. For the first five years or so I owned my home, I would dig up a piece of discarded dimensional lumber underneath every mushroom.