"Janet Conroy" wrote in message
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We had a large conifer chopped down and the stump ground out last year.
In the last couple of days something that looks horribly like honey
fungus has popped up. I've read up about it and apparently it can grow
on roots. We can't do anything about the roots - they go under the
lawn, into next door, and, probably, under the house!
I know I need to clear the area, but what is the best chemical to treat
the ground with??

It's normal for fungi to live in/on/off decaying vegetable matter, including
decaying tree roots, it doesn't matter. There's nothing to be done about it
really because you have no idea how far it will have spread. What you see is
just a small part of the organism.

If you did manage to kill it something else would take over. I'd leave it to
get on with its work.

What do you think is the problem? Apart from its reputation of course - most
bad reputations only have a smidgeon of truth in them.

By the way, I've seen honey fungus in my garden, I intended "doing something
about it" but didn't get round to it and then realised that I couldn't see
it any more - or since. It was near a stump of Russian vine which we'd
recently cut down and very close to a timber shed I bought when i was
seventeen - I'm now sixty nine. The shed is still standing six years after I
saw the fungus.

Don't panic! Life's too short. Leave it to the red tops.

Mary