Strange fungi in lawn
Mark.s.young7
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hi, every year I get thus strange fungi growing in the same area on my lawn. I have tried to dig down and replace the solo and lawn but it always returns. It has quite a hard texture almost rubber like, does anyone know what it is and how I can get rid of it once and for all please
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However even if it can be identified it will be impossible to get rid of it. The mushrooms above ground are just the fruiting bodies which the hyphae throws up. The main body of the fungus will be a network of filaments throughout the soil and could extend for hundreds of metres. Just cut off the mushrooms as they appear and the fungus will move on once the food supply is exhausted.
The fungi are breaking down organic matter in yiur soil which oil which will make it available to the roots of your plants. Without fungi we would have no gardens. If you really hate the sight of them just knock them over, scoop them up and put on your compost heap ... but I love to see them
and wonder at the marvels of Nature just as I do the plants in my garden 😊
Mark
It’s fungi time of year in our gardens and nothing to be concerned about ... the fungi you can see are just the fruiting bodies (sort of like the ‘flowers’ ) of the huge underground network of mycelium which is everywhere in the soil.
As soon as the weather turns colder the fungi will disappear.
In the meantime if you don’t like them knock them over, rake or sweep them up and put them on the compost heap or in the bin.
They are simply nature’s way of processing decaying organic matter into a form that can provide nutrients to the roots of your plants.
There were some very impressive ones near me on a stretch of grass.
Nothing to worry about @mark.daly