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Looking for a fungus ID

Lena11Lena11 Posts: 5
in Problem solving
Hi I'm just wondering whether to leave this fungus in my flower bed or try to remove it. 

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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    If it was me, I'd leave them - fascinating things! :)  They will disappear completely in a few days.  Most of the fungus is below ground and is probably growing from some already dead roots or similar.  It's not the type which will infect living plants and is actually helping your soil by breaking down woody matter into a form your plants can use. :)
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Lena11Lena11 Posts: 5
    Thank you very much Bob! I left it last year so i was hoping that had been the correct thing to do.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    edited March 2019
    I think they may be one of the ink caps, possibly common ink cap, or glistening inkcap which grow on bark chippings on soil, dead tree roots and the like.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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