When I said dig them out I meant just removed them to the bottom of their stalks. Just ignoring them is not an option as grandchildren will probably be playing on the new laid turf at some point. The only sure way is to dig the rotting roots out I suppose if time allows prior to turf arriving, failing that I will just pick them off every year until roots have completely decay. Thank you for everyone's input.
I don't think they are actually honey fungus as they are a honey Colour generally. I have decided to dig down a bit and cut out some of the roots if I can.
They don't have roots, as has been pointed out earlier.
Removing fungi from your garden is arguably as possible and as useful as removing microfauna from the soil, clouds from the sky, or headshaking despair from internet forums...
I think @Willow99 is referring to the roots emanating from the tree stump.
Personally I wouldn’t bother … it’ll ruin the lawn and the fungi only appear for a very few weeks each year. Just knock them over and take/sweep them up and put them on the compost heap if they bother you.
I like to see them … just another display of wondrous things from Nature.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Unfortunately the soil on the caps makes identifying very difficult. If you could provide a photo of a clean cap of one of the bigger specimens that would be useful as would photos showing the stem and gills under the cap.
Pretty sure those are common ink caps. Coprinopsis
atramentaria. They grow on dead burried wood so nothing to worry about, In my garden they appear for a few years after a tree is felled and then vanish.
As for toxicity they are only toxic when eaten with alcohol, they were used as a "cure" for alcoholism in the past.
Hi Skandi, I have just looked up ink caps and I think you are correct, they look very similar in shape and colouring. The worrying thing is the strength they can have when deciding to push through whatever is above them.
Unfortunately I cannot provide better picture now as they have been removed, bagged and disposed of but looking at the Post by Skandi the common ink cap looks the most likely species.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.