Edible Shitake mushrooms grow on oak log |
Most fungi thrive in warm, moist conditions. After 30+ days of rain in metro-Atlanta, there are plenty of mushrooms popping up across the city in mulch, in shady areas, in lawns and even in paths and flower beds. Mushroom experts can tell which of these are edible, and which are deadly poisonous. Mushrooms are actually the "fruiting bodies" of various fungi and they eventually mature and send off dust-like mushroom spores as the way mushrooms reproduce (not seeds, but the same idea).
While mushrooms or toadstools appearing the lawn may be annoying, they usually do not harm turf. There is nothing to be applied to the soil to prevent them from emerging. Crabapple LandscapExperts just mow or rake them off and remove them as they appear.
Fairy Ring of Mushrooms in Lawn |
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To learn more about mushrooms, try the Mushroom Club of Georgia, a knowledgeable group that meets for programs about mushrooms and to go on hikes to find and gather them. "Like" the Mushroom Club of Georgia on Facebook, here.
Amazing post about little-known fungi capabilities here: The Power of Mushrooms to Save the Planet
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