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honey fungus
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I have had honey fungus in my garden for years, it killed most of my small ornamental trees. Now almost everything is in pots and no woody shrubs in the garden soil - yet today I saw a huge bunch of fungi looking just like the images of the honey fungus one. What is happening and what should I do? should I try to remove it?
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Fungi don't have roots they have mycelium and the toadstools you see are just the fruits produced by the mycelium that will release spores for the next generation.
The mycelium can stretch for many miles underground, so it's impossible to remove.
If you dig down to break them up - they'll just carry on growing.
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Constant digging (cultivation) will control them, but not possible with established shrubs. Armatillox, a refined creosote product used to be recommended, but was more recently withdrawn (or in EU, not able to claim anti honey fungus). A major rhododendron nursery (no name) recommended that I use it secretly.
Spores will come in from outside, so just digging up your stumps will not be enough. I believe they are edible, so some compensation.
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