Not really a disease, but an issue maybe

zeroma · July 22, 2013

I've been collecting mushrooms that just pop up in the lawns around my house, put them into a 17 gallon Rubbermaid storage tub along with some other bits and pieces of found green and brown compost making things, small twigs, green and brown foliage, pine cones, bark, adding spent coffee grounds and I have been adding some half finished compost.

I covered it in a warm garage and volia, I had more mushrooms!

Since I wanted the mushrooms - thinking it would help break down my small twigs, barks, etc now I'm having second thoughts. What if the mushrooms I've picked are poisonous?

Since this compost is going to be used in raised beds eventually, will it hurt anything I grow in this bed if some of the possible poisonous fungi pop up? Will it poison cabbage or onions or lettuce growing in the same soil?

I'll post this in soil building 101 also.

KarenO · July 22, 2013

most "lawn mushrooms" are edible at least in my area and some are actually quite good. likely there is a site regarding wild mushrooms of Ohio or some such thing on google where you could compare and identify the species you have.

Darren Abbey · July 22, 2013

duplicate : http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=29354

zeroma · July 22, 2013

Thanks KarenO. I've been looking to try to identify them, so far, I'm not sure enough to want to take the chance!

I'd love to grow some mushrooms 'on purpose', from spores you can buy online. Maybe that will my first project for my 2014 garden.

RayR · July 22, 2013

If they are poisonous mushrooms, they are only poisonous to animals and humans if ingested, they are not harmful to your plants.
Zeroma, I know some people are mushroomphobics and don't like them in the garden, but fungi are the primary decomposers of cellulose and lignin, the tough organic matter that bacteria are not good at breaking down. The mushroom you see above ground is just the fruiting body, the real work at decomposition is going on below ground. I think you are doing a good thing for your soil.

July 22, 2013	#1
zeroma Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 637	Not really a disease, but an issue maybe I've been collecting mushrooms that just pop up in the lawns around my house, put them into a 17 gallon Rubbermaid storage tub along with some other bits and pieces of found green and brown compost making things, small twigs, green and brown foliage, pine cones, bark, adding spent coffee grounds and I have been adding some half finished compost. I covered it in a warm garage and volia, I had more mushrooms! Since I wanted the mushrooms - thinking it would help break down my small twigs, barks, etc now I'm having second thoughts. What if the mushrooms I've picked are poisonous? Since this compost is going to be used in raised beds eventually, will it hurt anything I grow in this bed if some of the possible poisonous fungi pop up? Will it poison cabbage or onions or lettuce growing in the same soil? I'll post this in soil building 101 also.

July 22, 2013	#2
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,932	most "lawn mushrooms" are edible at least in my area and some are actually quite good. likely there is a site regarding wild mushrooms of Ohio or some such thing on google where you could compare and identify the species you have.

July 22, 2013	#3
Darren Abbey Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Minnesota Posts: 586	duplicate : http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=29354

July 22, 2013	#5
RayR Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Cheektowaga, NY Posts: 2,466	If they are poisonous mushrooms, they are only poisonous to animals and humans if ingested, they are not harmful to your plants. Zeroma, I know some people are mushroomphobics and don't like them in the garden, but fungi are the primary decomposers of cellulose and lignin, the tough organic matter that bacteria are not good at breaking down. The mushroom you see above ground is just the fruiting body, the real work at decomposition is going on below ground. I think you are doing a good thing for your soil.