Asked on Sep 16, 2014
Help please! These mushrooms seem to be taking over part of my yard
by Pop
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These little guys are growing like crazy near a huge Maple tree that fell and was removed in 2011. I had the stump dug out earlier this summer,I wonder could there be a connection?
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get rid of them and to keep them from growing back?
This thing is growing in the mulch with others like him.
21 answers
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Mushrooms often grow near or around dead trees. Although the tree is gone I note you have wood mulch and there are probably dead tree roots in the soil from the removal of your tree. Also, now the tree is gone, there is nothing to soak up the water in that area. Trees drink a lot of water. Could be a combination of dead tree roots rotting in the ground and too much moisture in that area in general. A fungicide should see them off if you really need to get rid of them.
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Carole
on Sep 16, 2014
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We are having some this year because of all the rain. Look on the spray bottle of "Fungicide" at the big box stores and see if it gets rid of mushrooms. We need another spraying of our entire yard!
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Jeanette S
on Sep 17, 2014
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I have used the following non-toxic method. POWDERED LAUNDRY DETERGENT. Sprinkle it all over the mushrooms. Check out any of Jerry Baker's books on garden tips and tricks. There are loads of safe recipes for combatting or aiding all things in your yard and garden. I have been using his information for years..
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Diane
on Sep 17, 2014
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Maybe you are lucky? Look in the bottom left hand corner of your pic. It looks like a 4 leaf clover to me!
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Elaine Simmons
on Sep 17, 2014
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I suspect you have them because of the decaying roots of your maple. In most cases, mushrooms do no harm to a lawn. If these are breaking down the roots of your maple, you should thank them for helping to make organic material available to other plants.
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Douglas Hunt
on Sep 17, 2014
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Our family owned a golf course for many years. When mushrooms steed growing on the greens every year, he had us kids go around and sprinkle white garden lime on the greens. And they would then disappear. They grow when the ground is too acidic. Lime brings the ground back to a basic.
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Pam Longville
on Sep 17, 2014
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I'm with Doug Hunt. Shrooms are beneficial. I actually find them an attractive Addtion to any lawn and garden. It brings out the nature juxtaposed against an designed setting. Mother Nature exploding and doing her on thing. They generally don't last long.
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EL Hoard
on Sep 17, 2014
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Have you or a neighbor removed a tree, or have a dead or dying tree, schrooms will grow there.
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Kit389052
on Sep 17, 2014
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Douglas Hunt, can you collect these and make mushroom compost or add to soil conditioner? Any particular kind of mushroom?
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Dianne D
on Sep 17, 2014
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Is there rotting wood, stump? Check with professional to see if edible if not destroy, do not eat. Usually my mower or when raking leaves etc I get rid of them that way.
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Nancy Jenkins
on Sep 17, 2014
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I lost two peach trees this past June while we were in Texas for a visit. It seems that even though they were trees for Kansas, that they never last for more than three to four years.This ended my dream of many years of peaches and that's sad because they were the sweetest peaches I'd ever tasted! I too have had a plague of mushrooms in my yard so I spoke with our county agent. He explained that there's nothing to be done about them because they spring up from the roots of the dead trees. In fact he said that the mushrooms coming up like this are actually beneficial because they're breaking down the roots systems and thereby enriching the soil. All you can do is what we do...get you some plastic gloves and pick them and place them in a sack and place them in the garbage can, because if you don't when they open their little spores will cover the entire yard. I have noticed though that our mushrooms come up in the area where the trees were only after a rain. I hope this helps.
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Missingtx
on Sep 17, 2014
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I agree with everyone else. You are lucky that your soil is being enriched naturally. I would find a local expert on mushrooms and ask if these are edible. I love cream of mushroom soup!
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Denise Rankin
on Sep 17, 2014
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Thank you all so much for all the great information! This is my first time posting a question and I had no idea I would get so much help. I will just mow and let the mushrooms do there job at helping to compost the tree roots. Oh and I just love the 4 leaf clover real or not:) Thank you again!!
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Pop
on Sep 17, 2014
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Have same problem - different variety. They are destroying my lawn. Never mind the enrichment business - I hate them. Someone suggested white vinegar which wilts them. I then dig them out. None grow back where I have dug. Just appear in different spots. Read on Internet that no fungicide works and you have to dig 8" down and 22'" out to remove their rooty things. Would need a backhoe! Did I say I hate them? Oh, yeah.
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Marion Nesbitt
on Sep 18, 2014
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Marion you don't have to dig just pull em' Made a spoon rake with your hand, scoop and pull up gently and toss in a bucket.This way your yard don't be full of shovel cuts.
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MARY
on Sep 18, 2014
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Our lawn always grows mushrooms, sometimes huge ones. Thanks for the suggestion to include them in our compost. lost 3 huge yews in the 2010 storm that grew for over 30 years.
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Esther D
on Sep 18, 2014
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As Douglas suggested, use them as compost
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Kit389052
on Sep 19, 2014
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I live in a wet climate and my property is heavily treed, so I get mushrooms often. I worry about my dogs eating them, or small visiting children. So I spray the mushrooms with a half white vinegar and half water solution. I wait a couple of days, then dig them out. They do have a root system so digging down an inch or more is necessary. Then I put vinegar in the dug up area just to make sure. They don't come back in that place.
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Constanzia
on Sep 20, 2014
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Constanza, I'm no expert, but I don't think that dogs would eat them. If so, there would be dead dogs lying around all over the place. I think they have a natural sense to avoid them.
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EL Hoard
on Sep 21, 2014
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Check out our mushrooms...and yes they are real!
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Feral Turtle
on Sep 21, 2014
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Mushroom spores are in the caps and are like a mushrooms seeds. So to get rid of them avoid letting the mushroom mature and release its spores. Vinegar will change the soils ph, I think a better bet is boiling water. Will kill off everything for maybe a season, then grass seed can be spread there. I hate to use Roundup or even vinegar to kill unwanted plants.
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Connie
on Oct 21, 2014
Carole
on Sep 16, 2014
Jeanette S
on Sep 17, 2014
Diane
on Sep 17, 2014
Elaine Simmons
on Sep 17, 2014
Douglas Hunt
on Sep 17, 2014
Pam Longville
on Sep 17, 2014
Kit389052
on Sep 17, 2014
Dianne D
on Sep 17, 2014
Nancy Jenkins
on Sep 17, 2014
Missingtx
on Sep 17, 2014
Denise Rankin
on Sep 17, 2014
Pop
on Sep 17, 2014
Marion Nesbitt
on Sep 18, 2014
MARY
on Sep 18, 2014
Esther D
on Sep 18, 2014
Constanzia
on Sep 20, 2014
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