Posted by johnoconnor83 on July 4, 2011, 5:49 pm
hi everyone,
Any help on the following pictures would be great. I have what looks
like a mushroom type fungi growing in my lawn and hope to get rid of it
and have a nice lush green lawn.
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johnoconnor83
Posted by echinosum on July 5, 2011, 10:37 am
johnoconnor83;929142 Wrote:
> Any help on the following pictures would be great. I have what looks
> like a mushroom type fungi growing in my lawn and hope to get rid of it
> and have a nice lush green lawn.
Your pictures are out of focus and I can't see what it is.
If it is mushroom/toadstool type fungi, there is very little you can do
about it. They do very little harm. Best considered an attractive
decoration, like having the benefit of the flowers of weed plants
without cost of their invasive leaves and roots. If you don't like them,
just remove them, eg, with the lawn mower. The quicker you remove them
then the are less likely to spore and spread, albeit that some fungi can
live for decades underground without needing to spore. See 'Saprophytic
fungi / Royal Horticultural Society' (http://tinyurl.com/5rnfrfy )
If however it is dog lichen or similar 'Algae, lichens and liverworts on
lawns / Royal Horticultural Society' (http://tinyurl.com/65xx88m ) then
that is due to poor drainage.
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echinosum
Posted by johnoconnor83 on July 5, 2011, 3:53 pm
echinosum;929219 Wrote:
> Your pictures are out of focus and I can't see what it is.
>
> If it is mushroom/toadstool type fungi, there is very little you can do
> about it. They do very little harm. Best considered an attractive
> decoration, like having the benefit of the flowers of weed plants
> without cost of their invasive leaves and roots. If you don't like them,
> just remove them, eg, with the lawn mower. The quicker you remove them
> then the are less likely to spore and spread, albeit that some fungi can
> live for decades underground without needing to spore. See 'Saprophytic
> fungi / Royal Horticultural Society' (http://tinyurl.com/5rnfrfy )
>
> If however it is dog lichen or similar 'Algae, lichens and liverworts on
> lawns / Royal Horticultural Society' (http://tinyurl.com/65xx88m ) then
> that is due to poor drainage.
Thanks for the reply, i will try and get better pics. The problem with
my area is poor drainage and the soil underneath seems to be clay type
soil. Just trying to get into doing my garden after moving in and
sorting out the house. Frustrating
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> like a mushroom type fungi growing in my lawn and hope to get rid of it
> and have a nice lush green lawn.