Lozmk1 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Hi all, iv invested many back breaking hours clearing my front lawn of all the weeds, mis matched grass, rotting stuff, roots from ivy and privet etc, and have sucessfully reseeded it and its taken wonderfully (altho a little patchy in places but nothing a bit more seed won't sort) however i went out to weed it last weekend and its full of little mushrooms?!?! why is this? do we think its because of all the rotting mulch that was sat there for so long? even though iv raked and dug it all out!? or could it be something worse? its not particularly shady there, we keep the hedges short and that side of the house gets sun all afternoon... am i worrying about nothing??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 I thought this was my thread reappearing . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Hi all, iv invested many back breaking hours clearing my front lawn of all the weeds, mis matched grass, rotting stuff, roots from ivy and privet etc, and have sucessfully reseeded it and its taken wonderfully (altho a little patchy in places but nothing a bit more seed won't sort) however i went out to weed it last weekend and its full of little mushrooms?!?! why is this? do we think its because of all the rotting mulch that was sat there for so long? even though iv raked and dug it all out!? more than likely. the old roots as well rotting down or could it be something worse? its not particularly shady there, we keep the hedges short and that side of the house gets sun all afternoon... am i worrying about nothing??? are they mushrooms or toad stools I used to get little brown toadstools in the lawn years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickweed Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 This seems to be common this year. I've had loads of puffball mushrooms growing in the lawn and around the edges of the veg patch. Apparently they are edible but I wouldn't trust my identification of them. For the second year running there has also been a couple of fly agaric toadstools. These are the really pretty ones with caps that are bright red with white spots and are very poisonous. I always thought these were invented for fairy stories and Noddy books. I do have some really large trees in the garden. I think these mushrooms/toadstools are probably attracted by decaying roots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozmk1 Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 phew i had a nosy in the neighbours gardens who have grass- very few round here, they all prefer low maintenance gravel and paving,and they all seem okay, but having spoken to the chappy over the road, he says nothing of any interest grows in the gardens as the houses are built on what was an old clay pit?? he says they dont get mushrooms though, so i think i am right in my assumption that all the decaying gross stuff is to blame- thanks for the advice i dont know if they are mushrooms or toadstools- they look a bit like "Ooops, word censored!"ake ones, but i wouldnt eat them cos knowing my luck they would be something nasty! OMG id love to have those poisonous red and white toadstools in my garden i think they are amazing, id be doing a david attenborough laid on my belly photographing them from all angles! haha. and puffballs are entirely edible, my dad used to fetch them home from where he used to work as a gamekeeper and cook them with maple smoked bacon and creamy scrambled eggs. mmmm (that would fix my hangover right now) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
