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Fungi
Anne498
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The latest crop of fungi Can anyone help me eradicate them. Are they harmless to people/touching them. Especially grandchildren playing on the "lawn"
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Part of nature's wonderful display ... you won't eradicate them, the mycelium is growing on organic matter in the soil and these are just the fruiting bodies responding to warm damp weather.
Regarding children, as with most 'unknowns' in nature, supervision for little ones and 'Look don't touch' for bigger ones is the best policy and 'don't put your fingers in your mouth' and 'wash your hands when you come in' should be the rules.
If they want to play and tumble all over the grass then you can sweep the toadstools off the lawn, but otherwise I would just enjoy the beautiful display ... they won't be there for long.
I survived running wild in the countryside and so did my children and they've grown up with a love of nature
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
very few fungi are poisonous, they are part of the natural system of life. Mow them off if you don't like them being there. They don't stay long
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thank you for your message in which you say
"Thankyou for that information. however will mowing the grass and putting in the composter encourage more fungi to grow in the veggie patch when the waste matter is used to mulch the soil? "
No ... it doesn't really work like that ... the mycelium which is the major part of the fungus spreads unseen underground ... the toadstools produce the spores which float in the air on the breeze ... and they're floating around all over the place, spreading from everyone's gardens, woodlands and hedgerows.
The action of fungi is an essential part of breaking down of organic matter in the soil in order to make it available for your plants to grow ....... so you need fungi in your compost heap.
No fungi ... no plants .... all part of the wonderful circle of life
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.