I have fungi on my lawn and borders growing in large clumps. They are foul smelling when they deteriorate.the cap is about 3 to 4 inches across and slightly frilled at the edges.Any ideas?
Enthused, they could be any one of the "stinkhorn" mushrooms. Google and you will see they are also called Phallacae - some of the images are um... interesting! Not a fungi expert but like other posters, I believe that these are amazing organisms and - in the main - harmless to us and our plants. Fungi perform functions in the garden that are only just beginning to be understood. I delight in them as a sign of a healthy ecosystem. I was delighted to see lots of "puffballs" colonising my front garden, as until five years ago, it was pretty much covered in concrete
You can't really 'dig them up' - the mycelium is spread throughout your garden. They'll disappear as soon as the cold weather comes. In the meantime just enjoy the wonderful sight
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I have fungi on my lawn and borders growing in large clumps. They are foul smelling when they deteriorate.the cap is about 3 to 4 inches across and slightly frilled at the edges.Any ideas?
Enthused, they could be any one of the "stinkhorn" mushrooms. Google and you will see they are also called Phallacae - some of the images are um... interesting! Not a fungi expert but like other posters, I believe that these are amazing organisms and - in the main - harmless to us and our plants. Fungi perform functions in the garden that are only just beginning to be understood. I delight in them as a sign of a healthy ecosystem. I was delighted to see lots of "puffballs" colonising my front garden, as until five years ago, it was pretty much covered in concrete
After reading about the toadstools, I am still unsure whether to leave or dig these toadstools up.
They've just appeared & seem to have multiplied ever time I look at the garden. I am not sure of their name.
Any advice would be welcome.
Many thanks.
You can't really 'dig them up' - the mycelium is spread throughout your garden. They'll disappear as soon as the cold weather comes. In the meantime just enjoy the wonderful sight
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I agree with Dove. No need to do anything about the mushrooms.
I've had some good ones this year and probably more to come. Should we have a dedicated 'shrooms thread. One for display rather than worry.
I had Dead Man's Fingers and one I call the Scrubbing Brush fungus, Clavulina cristata
In the sticks near Peterborough
The world of nature is a wondrous thing, eh Hortico?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.