l kuhns

Well, as I do not know much about mushrooms (esp. poisonous vs. nonpoisonous) I left them alone and now they are almost gone due to the cold. At their heyday, they were medium brown/beige with cream undersides and grew in clumps (sometimes as many as 10-12) while they were also content to grow in pairs or sometimes singles. Very nondiscriminatory, these mushrooms!! As for taking a picture, well, that would require some tech savvy which I am sorely lacking in. Posting here is about the best I can do.

Thanks everyone, for the replies. It is good to know that the soil is healthy. I have not, nor will I, spray anything on the mushrooms. Already since it was below freezing with a few snow flurries this past week the mushrooms are shrinking. I will just let them enjoy their time in my lawn and fertilize to their heart's content.

Thanks again.

Hello,

I have lived here (raleigh, NC) for 17 years and every year we have a crop of mushrooms in the autumn due, I am sure, to the watering that is done following the reseeding of our lawn. This has happened every year and varies in the amount. This year is by far the worst ---- we have thousands and thousands of these mushrooms in our front yard. In every area of it ---sunny, shady all over. What I am wondering is:

1. If I don't pull them will they negatively affect the growth of the lawn (especially in the Spring)? We heavily seeded this year and watered a lot and have a lot of beautiful new grass coming in. I have put a lot of time into all of this and don't want the huge numbers of mushrooms to retard or prevent growth.

2. Is there anything I can put on the lawn to prevent these fungii from growing? And if there is, when is the optimal time to apply it ---- before seeding, before the first freeze, after, etc?

3. What causes these mushrooms to grow? Is it just the heavy watering I did for a week and a half to get the new seed going or are there additional factors?

4. Will freezing temperatures cause them to die?


Any help/information/advice you can give me would be very much appreciated. Thanks so much!!