Fungus growing on our lawn

 


Hey. We have some fungus growing on our lawn, and it has been there for
a few
years. We have overhanging trees (possible cause?)

Is there anything we can do to treat the fungus?

Please see attached photos...

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Any help is much appreciated :-)




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tp123

 

tp123 wrote:

Yes   there is a funacide you can purchase at any Home Depot, Lowes or
Lesco distributor

 


'Peter Pan[_3_ Wrote:

The thing you can see is not the living part of the fungus, rather it
is the fruiting body. So putting fungicide on it does not help, rather
like putting weedkiller on a plant you have to treat the leaves not the
seeds. In general putting fungicide on lawns for fungi growing in the
soil is not reckoned to be effective. But it is possible that this is
actually parasitising the grass itself, I'm not sure.

The particular object you have growing is familiar to me, but I'd have
to check some books at home to remember the details. I've not seen it
in a garden before, but I normally see it on poor, acidic soils. I
think if your lawn was in general healthier, as juicer says, you'd get
less of it.




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echinosum

 


echinosum;815822 Wrote:

fungus, rather it is

I'm wrong. I knew this was familiar... it's dog lichen. Here is RHS
advice on
dealing with it. http://tinyurl.com/6es9pv




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echinosum

 

I always thought lime was good for that stuff but it doesn't say that in the
link you provided. I have had the slime mold in the past and used lime and
hollow core aeration to fix it.  At first when it was really bad I used a
solution of hydrated lime and sprayed that on . I also modified my watering
practices and put less water on those spots and only in the early morning.
I even poured some clorox in my well and watered with that when it was
really bad.