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Old 20-07-2010, 02:17 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default mushrooms in the lawn

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PtePike wrote:

I suddenly have mushrooms growing in the lawn. Is there a way of killing
them permanently ?


No. Why bother?


Why bother?
Many people like their lawns a bit like a bowling green.


True. Let's skip the question of whether they should be recommended
to use a fungicide or psychotherapy :-)

I am not one of those but if you have children knocking around the lawn I
feel safer knowing exactly what is in my garden and lawn.


If you think that you do, you don't. Sorry, but ....

For example I have a ring of fungi which sometimes grows at this time of
year and they are as a collective called "fairy rings"
Now these can be potentially fatal.

http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/outdoor-
recreation/how/mushrooms/poisonous-mushrooms

I would rather be safe now than sorry later.


Oh, God - that's a dumb page even by Merkin standards :-(

The most common 'fairy ring' mushroom in the UK is, in fact, edible.
It is also a complete delusion that you are protecting children
by destroying such things (even if you could), as the most important
lesson that they can learn is that the world is not set up to protect
them from their own idiocies.

In order to eliminate such fungi from a lawn, you have to use large
amounts of chemicals that are almost certainly FAR more toxic than
the fungi! And illegal for domestic use. And, even then, the
elimination will probably not be permanent.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.