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Weeds? in my paving.

bédébédé Posts: 3,095
edited October 2022 in Problem solving
First time for these.

They look very edible, but that is their little trick.




My Sulphate of Iron solution is also an answer for mushroom-like fungi in lawns and those fungi that attack grass leaves.  But will stain paving - (might be an improvement).  
 location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."

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  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    Is it that a real problem @Bede? Without fungi we wouldn't be here as you know.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Fungi are not weeds.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    No, and I don't think they are ugly either. They look like a little family. You could just leave them alone.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Might be the start of a Fairy Village!!

    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    I believe they are an alien species which grow to around 2 metres in height.  They are unaffected by any chemical substances as far as is known. Once mature, they will produce Gnome like creatures which can be preserved in vinegar and used to decorate your lawn.  There is only a very short time frame in which the fungi are edible - as yet this hasn't been precisely determined but you could begin some practical research ?  
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Will you pull one up and let us look underneath it please bede? A clear close up if poss.
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Uff, no problem.  They have now opened out.  For interest they are probably growing om the roots of Hydrangea petiolaris.

    To all, they are not a problem to me.  I posted on "problems" as an ironic echo to the "weeds in paving thread".  They are of course if not in the wrong place, but are in an unexpected place.  I doubt if my wife will let me eat them.


     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Uff,  I thought it better to post today's pic under "Plants":  "Uff's fingi finds."
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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