"Tim Challenger" wrote in message
news:1128335439.72765af0f7f7e9fac9c0b4cff7e09d88@t eranews...
On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 11:21:19 +0100, adm wrote:

"capstan" wrote in message
...
Woke up this morning to find to find large patches of the lawn packed
with
hundreds of small toadstools, about 2" tall.
My neighbour also has even larger areas of infestation on her lawns.
(Not
fairy rings)
Should I gather and destroy, or treat them with something, or ignore ?

Advice would be nice.

On the same subject, I have several small clumps of various mushrooms
that
pop up on my lawn after a good rain. I'd like to get rid of them as well.
How does one go about doing this without killing the lawn ? I understand
that the mushrooms themselves are really just the fruit of the underlying
mycelium (?), so how does one go about killing that off ?

If they're shaggy ink-caps you can eat them.
--
Tim C.

No, definitely not shaggy ink-caps......wish they were. I have a secret
patch of these which I raid every year from an area about a mile from here
......mmmmm yummy !
BTW its worth mentioning that the SMOOTH or common ink-cap should be used
with great care. Whilst not poisonous it can cause awful symptoms if used
when alcohol has been imbibed. Nausea, palpitations, stomach cramps,
vomiting etc can be expected. Apparently, it was used years ago to cure
alcoholics, and by monks to produce a fine ink.

capstan