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"Multiple Houseplant Mushroom Invasion" - Please Help!
Hello fellow gardener
I appear to have bought a contaminated batch of Asda Smartprice compost. In repotting several plants I'm now seeing the prolific fruition of a cream to brown coloured fungus. A mass influx of tiny off-white protrusions from the soil of my houseplants became heavy clusters of diarrhoea coloured fungus, up to 3 cm diameter, close to the base of the afficted plants. These 'shrooms are showing no mercy. I suspect we are dealing with the famous "Honey Fungus", but am in need of some closure. I'd be eternally grateful for some expert advice on the subject. I have several images which I can email. Thanks for reading. Matt |
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"Multiple Houseplant Mushroom Invasion" - Please Help!
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matthewmushroom wrote: Hello fellow gardener I appear to have bought a contaminated batch of Asda Smartprice compost. In repotting several plants I'm now seeing the prolific fruition of a cream to brown coloured fungus. A mass influx of tiny off-white protrusions from the soil of my houseplants became heavy clusters of diarrhoea coloured fungus, up to 3 cm diameter, close to the base of the afficted plants. These 'shrooms are showing no mercy. I suspect we are dealing with the famous "Honey Fungus", but am in need of some closure. I'd be eternally grateful for some expert advice on the subject. I have several images which I can email. Thanks for reading. Matt No university near you with a mycologist? How about asking Asda Smartprice what the contaminant is? I don't know about chemists in the U.K. but in France the pharmacist can identify a mushroom for you. Bugger Bush. -- FB - FFF Billy http://angryarab.blogspot.com/ |
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"Multiple Houseplant Mushroom Invasion" - Please Help!
On Jul 27, 11:34?pm, matthewmushroom matthewmushroom.
wrote: Hello fellow gardener I appear to have bought a contaminated batch of Asda Smartprice compost. In repotting several plants I'm now seeing the prolific fruition of a cream to brown coloured fungus. A mass influx of tiny off-white protrusions from the soil of my houseplants became heavy clusters of diarrhoea coloured fungus, up to 3 cm diameter, close to the base of the afficted plants. These 'shrooms are showing no mercy. I suspect we are dealing with the famous "Honey Fungus", but am in need of some closure. I'd be eternally grateful for some expert advice on the subject. Fry 'shrooms with onions and grill a large porterhouse. |
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Thanks very much for the suggestion, you're obviously a very creative person. Whilst I am an avid fan of fried mushrooms, and indeed fried food of all sorts, my primary concern is the plants themselves. Can anyone else help? Thanks. Matt |
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"Multiple Houseplant Mushroom Invasion" - Please Help!
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matthewmushroom wrote: Hello fellow gardener I appear to have bought a contaminated batch of Asda Smartprice compost. In repotting several plants I'm now seeing the prolific fruition of a cream to brown coloured fungus. A mass influx of tiny off-white protrusions from the soil of my houseplants became heavy clusters of diarrhoea coloured fungus, up to 3 cm diameter, close to the base of the afficted plants. These 'shrooms are showing no mercy. I suspect we are dealing with the famous "Honey Fungus", but am in need of some closure. I'd be eternally grateful for some expert advice on the subject. I have several images which I can email. Thanks for reading. If you send me the pictures, I can probably identify the mushrooms, at least to Genus. It's common for mushrooms to pop up in new potting soil. Colonies of fungal filaments called mycelia grow in the soil and when a sufficient mass is reached, produce fruiting bodies which are the mushrooms you see. The Honey Fungus colonizes large rotting roots of living trees and requires a substantial amount of substrate to form a fruiting colony, so is not likely to be the one you are dealing with. Mushroom fungus fruits by producing primordial fruiting bodies near the top of the soil which take up water quickly and expand to full size in a matter of a few days. By simply stirring the top 1/2-1" of soil with a spoon or your fingers every few days you will disturb the formation of these primordia and prevent mushroom fruiting. Some species require light to form mushrooms and placing a layer of something like coarse gravel over the soil may inhibit mushroom formation Most of the lignophilic and coprophilic mushroom species volunteering in commercial potting soils are not likely to interfere with the health of your plants. The big problem with these contaminated soils is the potential for "damping off" of seedlings when used for germination. Most likely you will be fine if you do nothing. The fungus will deplete the levels of nutrients it requires to produce mushrooms within a flush (periodic display of fruiting bodies) or two, and the mycelium will die. The fungus is not competing with your plants for nutrients in the soil. On the contrary, mushroom fungi are primary decomposers whose role in nature is to break down complex organic matter and make simple nutrients available for plants and, eventually, other life forms. |
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