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mushrooms
nikki2
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what do honey mushrooms look like i recently had some mushrooms growing in a tall container the plants in there are perrenial and ihave not had any trouble with them or had to move them yet all of a sudden these "mushrooms" appear what do i do
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Don't worry about them. Compost contains rotted-down material, including wood and old plant material, and that is what the fungi feed on, breaking things down in the process. The chances of them being honey fungus - which generally feeds on old tree stumps - is very, very low indeed.
thanks to alinaw put my mind at rest