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Fairy Rings and mushrooms

IdahoboundIdahobound Member Posts: 20,584 ✭✭✭
edited July 2014 in General Discussion
Anyone have a good way to get rid of them. My lawn has horrible mushroom problems. It is not over water in fact some areas are dry.
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    searcher5searcher5 Member Posts: 13,511
    edited November -1
    My neighbor kid used to call and ask permission to come over and kick them. He had a * them, and it was a hoot to watch him. If you were willing to pay travel expenses, I might be able to talk him into coming over and kicking yours!

    Let me know.

    Dan
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    m88.358winm88.358win Member Posts: 7,272 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Did you cut down a tree where the mushrooms are growing. I cut down a couple of trees two years ago and this year mushrooms started growing above of the rotting roots.

    I researched how to get rid of them and found out there is really nothing you can do, digging the old roots out is about the only thing you can do to get rid of the rooms.
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    nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,018 ******
    edited November -1
    Mushrooms grow in decaying organic material.
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    chollagardenschollagardens Member Posts: 4,614 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    m88.358win posted;

    Did you cut down a tree where the mushrooms are growing. I cut down a couple of trees two years ago and this year mushrooms started growing above of the rotting roots.

    I researched how to get rid of them and found out there is really nothing you can do, digging the old roots out is about the only thing you can do to get rid of the rooms.

    Could be Oak Root Fungus[V]
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    tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,335 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ..I've cut two trees this year and there are shrooms all over the chipped wood area. They don't bother me and I don't bother them.

    ..As for fairy rings....I haven't had them for years and I kind of liked climbing on the roof to look down on them. They don't seem to harm the grass, so why fret over either one? Nature's cool...[^]

    Edit: Before I found out what fairy rings were, my neighbor had them also and we thought they were alien landing spots. At least we half joked about it...[8]
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    RobOzRobOz Member Posts: 9,523 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    what is a fairy ring?
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    tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,335 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by RobOz
    what is a fairy ring?


    http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=fairy+rings+in+lawns&qpvt=fairy+rings+in+lawns&FORM=IGRE

    ..They're almost too perfectly round to believe.
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    tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,335 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ..When we had fairy rings, they never developed the shrooms.
    It was just a round ring of very long, green grass. It looked
    like we'd made a circle with nitrogen fertilizer. Very weird.
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    austin20austin20 Member Posts: 35,029 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by RobOz
    what is a fairy ring?
    It comes from doing too many mushrooms.[:p]
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    discusdaddiscusdad Member Posts: 11,419 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ive got toadstools all over my yard, but its been one of the wettest June in memory. the ground water table is very shallow here and its just saturated.
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    FrancFFrancF Member Posts: 35,278 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It's a good thing your state is not infested with unicorns like mine.[:D]
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    austin20austin20 Member Posts: 35,029 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by FrancF
    It's a good thing your state is not infested with unicorns like mine.[:D]
    [:D]
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    woodhogwoodhog Member Posts: 13,115 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    why not embrace them as a gift of nature? The ones we get here, around oak trees are edible as well. They don't last long, but are a beautiful addition to any lawn,IMHO. You should watch 'The Spiderwick Chronicles" and you will understand their true value
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    minitruck83minitruck83 Member Posts: 5,369
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by woodhog
    why not embrace them as a gift of nature? The ones we get here, around oak trees are edible as well. They don't last long, but are a beautiful addition to any lawn,IMHO. You should watch 'The Spiderwick Chronicles" and you will understand their true value


    With shrooms, positive identification is mandatory!
    One wrong ID mixed with many, can, and will, kill you!

    Allen
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    tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,335 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ..Amanita and Psilocybin do not necessarily go hand in hand!
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    bullshotbullshot Member Posts: 14,356 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Get yourself a chipping wedge and have fun.
    "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you"
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