Are mushrooms harmful to a lawns and gardens? The wettest areas of our yard, and one soggy patch in the garden, are always full of mushrooms. Do I need to get rid of them? Will they do any damage to leave them?
I would hate the site of mushrooms in my lawn but I do not think they do any harm to the grass. I would be glad to know the best way to get rid of them.
Mushrooms are harmless fungi that grow in soggy wet conditions and particularly grow where rotting wood is present. To kill them you can do several things.
Remove their source of sunlight and water. You can cover them with newspaper and they should die quickly. A longer solution is to let your grass grow longer which will shade the mushrooms and cause them to die. A simpler solution is to use a bleach spray solution 1 part bleach/9 parts water.
Bathroom sprays like you use to clean your shower will also work but they are more harmful to the environment.
Raking well to remove any downed limbs/bark will also help to minimize conditions for future growth.
Are mushrooms harmful to a lawns and gardens? The wettest areas of our yard, and one soggy patch in the garden, are always full of mushrooms. Do I need to get rid of them? Will they do any damage to leave them?
If they are mushrooms, you can always eat them.........make sure they are not Toad Stools.
When the soil is healthy mushrooms grow well.......so why worry.:confused2:
I like the last comment...lol. The trick will be in differentiating between toad stools and mushrooms but at the same time, I do not want to assume all mushrooms are edible. :laughing:
Not all mushrooms are edible. You would want to culture edible ones, not grow them on lawns where a dog may pee on them, you know? Mushrooms are harmless to the grass. They feed on grass residues, not on grass themselves.
Not all mushrooms are edible. You would want to culture edible ones, not grow them on lawns where a dog may pee on them, you know? Mushrooms are harmless to the grass. They feed on grass residues, not on grass themselves.
They don't hurt the lawn any. They are just naturally occurring because the conditions are right for them. What concerns me, however, is the dog getting ahold of them and eating them! So I pluck them out of the ground so I don't take a chance with the dog.
Thanks for all the comments. I don't usually need to pick them or kill them - I have three young soccer-playing boys who all love to kick them. As soon as they grow back, they just kick them again!
I like the last comment...lol. The trick will be in differentiating between toad stools and mushrooms but at the same time, I do not want to assume all mushrooms are edible. :laughing:
DO NOT EAT THE MUSHROOMS I can give you several example of how dangerous it can be and how hideous the results of eating poisonous mushrooms that look exactly like edible mushrooms. I don't want to hijack this thread. Mushrroms have no effect on your lawn whatsoever.
I think mushrooms are a type of fungus. I know various types of fungus can be a problem for lawns, and I know that fungicides designed specifically for lawns are available. That might be an option to check out.
