They are not rooted to the ground but balls about the size of gold balls that hold several blades of grass together.
2006-08-10 17:07:06 · 12 answers · asked by Guy 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Yep, it's some kind of fungus. Not quite a mushroom, but pretty similar. Spores of it land on the plants, and start sucking out the nutrients and such. More common on lawns that have just been fertilized. You can carefully remove them to avoid spreading more spores, but that's not 100% effective, and it's pretty gross.
They grow best in dark and damp condtions, I bet you've been watering your lawn at night. If so, switch the timers so they come on right around the morning. That should discourage the stuff without too much effort on your part. You might even water a bit less. Perhaps one or two brownish spots is not the end of the world.
Did you just fertilize too? yup. Try a little bit less next time, or wait a while... like forever. My dad never fertilizes the lawn.
2006-08-10 18:05:47 · answer #1 · answered by ye_river_xiv 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are puffball fungus similar to mushrooms. NOT ALL puffballs are edible as some other fool said so dont go eating them. And they reproduce by releasing millions of spores from within the mushroom so kicking them as another person suggests as fun just sends spores everywhere and assures they will be back next season. They are not really a problem of any kind. If you dont like em pluck them up and throw em away.
2006-08-10 17:18:50 · answer #2 · answered by RiddleMeThis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recently had this sort of problem and after poking and moving it around with a garden tool, it poofed a puff of powder out and realized it was a form of a mushroom. Remember, if your not sure, don't touch with your hands? I found out that the powder in those mushrooms could cause upper respitory problems, go figure!
2006-08-10 17:12:43 · answer #3 · answered by brighteyez386 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds a little like something called onion grass.
So called because of little bulb that holds the blades of grass
Don't know if this helps but hope so
Happy gardening
Have a nice day
2006-08-10 17:12:39 · answer #4 · answered by witchfromoz2003 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mushrooms.
2006-08-10 17:58:22 · answer #5 · answered by hipichick777 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's some kind of fungus. I know because we have the same kind of thing in our yard, too. I wouldn't kick them, though. Because they break up into this weird powder that gets all over everything...
2006-08-10 17:11:23 · answer #6 · answered by Alecto 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are a species of mushroom and I have ate them before. they are those same things that when they get old they turn into a green dust and when you step on them they pop. as long as they are marshmellowy white on the inside its good.
2006-08-10 17:17:36 · answer #7 · answered by kip t 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Could it be some kind of Mushrooms ?
2006-08-10 17:11:26 · answer #8 · answered by musiccrazy006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh yah
YOU'VE GOT SLIME MOLD!!!
Go ahead...put on a pair of old shoes and kick it!!
A bunch of cottage cheese-like stuff will be propelled through the air!
Wheeeeeee!
2006-08-10 17:10:24 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are a mushroom called " Puffballs " ......
see below ... They are edible ..
2006-08-10 18:51:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋