Dang mushrooms....

[KFC911]

Have a small area in my backyard where they pop up overnight .... 3-4 inches tall.
I remove them each morning... several dozen per day . Dawgy area too.... I'm thinking applying some lime in that area would do it.... what say ye?

[Sooner or later]

Do they form a fairy ring?

[OldSpool87]

Was there ever a tree in the vicinity? I had a tree removed once. A few years later I notice mushrooms in the yard and removed them. They came back again and again until I realized the issue. The tree had bee removed but it’s roots had not and they were relatively close to the surface. I got rid of the root(s) and bye bye shrooms.

[GH85Carrera]

Mushrooms are just a fungus. One mushroom can produce a few zillion spores. The mushroom is just the flowering part of the fungus that is underground growing on rotting debris. Old tree roots, or something organic that was buried. Removing the mushrooms is never going to make them stop. Only removing the rotting debris will make them stop. Shy of digging up your yard, and putting in a rock yard or concrete, you will not stop mushrooms until all the organic debris is consumed.

[fintstone]

Dynamite is the solution.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Sooner or later

Do they form a fairy ring?

We used to occasionally get those in our old place.

not my pic

[KFC911]

I'm familiar with those that grow out of roots, etc. .... not them. This 20x20' area has always been grass, and they first appeared last year. They are spread out in this area too... I'm thinkin' I'll just lime 'em... can't hurt the puppy dawg and might adjust the PH to be less favorable. We've had lots of rain too...

Thanks!

[KFC911]

A few have the larger caps, short with a 2-3" cap, most are 2-3" tall with a 1" cap.

I'll snap a pic tomorrow morning.... they aren't there at dark... and magically appear overnight....

Magic mushrooms ?

Nope...

[javadog]

Before you kill them off, see if they might be edible. Some are not but quite a few are.

[javadog]

The mycelium that Glen speaks about is what is under the surface that generates these things. They are beneficial to the soil and other plants and, depending on the species of mushroom, they may have a symbiotic relationship with your living tree roots.

Consider learning a little more about them before going all redneck on them.

[KFC911]

This is just a small area of grass (fescue)... been that way for 30 years... until last year. Nothing but grass and now the 'shrooms. I'll consider your advice... and then "go redneck on them"... with lime instead of dynamite.... mebbe?

Whatever it takes

[stevej37]

If they are Morel Mushrooms....I would pick them, cook em up, and eat em.

They pair excellently with a bottle of Backwoods Bastard.

[Starless]

How about a photo so we can see what ya got?

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Starless

How about a photo so we can see what ya got?

I'll have a fresh batch in the morning.... just finished mowing (but not that area) and took a peek. I'll snap a pic tomorrow before I remove them.

[GH85Carrera]

I don't think I would ever get hungry enough to risk eating a mushroom from my yard. Maybe if a world renowned mushroom expert said it was safe, and he ate a few first and I waited a couple days after that.

There are many great edible mushrooms, but a few have nice names like death cap. Lots of deaths from mushrooms picked by wannabe experts. One lady died after eating at a Michelin star restaurant.

[KFC911]

I'm sure they're tasty Glen .... enriched by dawgy poop on a regular basis too !

I'll be gathering two piles of poop and a dozen 'shrooms in the morning.... gonna need some addresses tho!

[javadog]

There are ways to identify mushrooms and usually a group of people in any given area that is knowledgeable enough to do that.

One of my kids harvests morels all the time. I hope to do so, as well, next spring, if conditions are right.

[KFC911]

I looked for these online .... didn't see any that were close... I'll snag a pic.

My much younger cousin drilled a bunch of holes in some 6' logs (arranged on a pallet next to one of my ponds) and put in seeds (I reckon) and plugged em. He then sorta forgot about them....

So the next year (or mebbe it was two years later) when I was there there was a fine crop of Shiitakes ... a bunch. Had to tell my uncle so his youngin' could come by the pond and harvest them. He got several nice big bunches outta those logs.

[cabmandone]

Why haven't the moderators moved this thread to PARF?

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by cabmandone

Why haven't the moderators moved this thread to PARF?

LOL....

Bush hates mushrooms