who said he was eating them, he meant good or bad, pertaining to his garden. Not sure if theyre good or bad, ive heard of mushroom compost being used in soils, so it has to be benificial, in what ways idki get mine from tesco fuk eating that shit unless you would like to go to hospital or grave shrooms are dangerous to fuk with unless you realy know what you are doing even then people still fuk up.
Mushrooms in the soil with your plants are a good sign of a healthy soil full of organic matter. Mushrooms do help to break down the nutrients in the soil and what not..But don't eat them...and you can either leave them, or take them out... Do remember though that people add mycorrhizae to their soil to help with plant processes and to boost rooting and improve the overall health of their plants...and mycorrhizae is a beneficial fungus that also will cause mushrooms to grow...I've got shrooms coming up in my indoor plants.. it's been really humid due to the monsoon rains. I'm curious to find out what people have to say too. They don't appear to be doing any harm but I don't know for sure. I just pluck em and chuck em.
Ironic twist after trying to grow the real thing myself with mixed results. If you've done it then you know about all the perfect humidity, sterility, air exchange, blah blah. Never really understood why it's not possible to just 'grow' them like they grow naturally.
just to reaffirm, mushrooms are a good sign of a healthy soil. this is the correct answer. now can the mushrooms cause problems? perhaps. but very very unlikely if the plant is healthy.Mushrooms in the soil with your plants are a good sign of a healthy soil full of organic matter. Mushrooms do help to break down the nutrients in the soil and what not..But don't eat them...and you can either leave them, or take them out... Do remember though that people add mycorrhizae to their soil to help with plant processes and to boost rooting and improve the overall health of their plants...and mycorrhizae is a beneficial fungus that also will cause mushrooms to grow...
Ink Caps are awesome! I had some Coprinus Comatus also known as 'The Shaggy Mane' growing in my front yard in the begining of the summer due to heavy rain. They're very neat looking when the gills in the cap start to auto-digest. Also I have read that they're good eating if you pick them young before the cap starts to open. I never did have the balls to try one though lol. Heres a couple pics I Took:The first look worrisomely like Armillaria mellea, oak root fungus. I've had those absolutely lay waste to ornamental trees and shrubs at two different properties in CA. Bad bad bad ... not toxic, but destructive.
The second could be inky caps (Coprinus sp.) from unfinished compost. Saprophytes; not dangerous to beast or plant. When I had a compost pile, first came the heat, then the earthworms, and finally a huge flush or two of inky caps. To me that was the "halfway" mark for composting. cn