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Is This Honey Fungus?
NGLittleSeedlings
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I seem to be discovering a few things this morning lol
Anyway I am back after just going outside and spotting what looks like mushrooms in my side border around my Delphinium plant. I was wondering whether it was Honey Fungus? It wasn't their yesterday it just seems to have sprung up this morning. I haven't had it before and I haven't added any soil or plants in this area to the border recently. Do I need to remove it immediately?
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I don't think it is, too early in the year for honey fungus to appear. They are too pale. Honey fungus has a collar on the stem on the underside which is a creamy white.
Ah right thank you
Is it just regular toadstools then?
No, not honey fungus as MF says
In the sticks near Peterborough
Oh good, when we moved in two years ago the border was just filled in with gravel so atleast after adding soil and continuously mulching is doing some good! lol
Shall I just leave it there?
It's up to you NG. I like to see fungi but if you don't, take them off
In the sticks near Peterborough
I'm happy leaving it I was just concerned whether it would damage surrounding plants
Thanks
Definitely not honeyfungus, and not ink cap either http://www.wildmushroomsonline.co.uk/Identifying-Edible-Mushrooms-The-Ink-Cap/index.php so DONT EAT IT!
Not sure what it is - would need much better photos and spore print to make an identification - but whatever it is it's doing no harm; it's helping to break down decaying organic matter in the soil and turning it into the nutritious soil that your plants need
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks Dove, don't worry I wasn't planning on eating it