In article ,
ex WGS Hamm wrote:

Can anyone please suggest a way for getting rid of mushrooms in
lawn - thanks

Pick them and fry in hot olive oil.

Only if you have first *positively* identified them as being an edible
species.

What is it with the British and mushrooms? Everything is viewed with
suspicion and only nasty shrink wrapped buttons are eaten. In France and
Germany whole families go mushrooming. I did as a child.And if there was
anywhere around here where mushrooms grew, I would be out gathering them.
But yes make sure that the mushrooms are not one of the tiny minority which
might make you ill.

As someone who actively prefers many of the wild ones to anything
that you can buy, and used to do that when I lived in an area it was
feasible, may I respond?

There are a few fungi that will really spoil your day. Amanita
phalloides looks very like a field mushroom when young, and will not
make you ill for 12-24 hours afterwards. However, you will probably
die a few days later - as far as I know, there is still no treatment
for the general organ failure that it causes. Oh, and it is fairly
common in grassland, including lawns.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.