How can I get rid of Mushrooms or toadstools in my yard?

Question

I live in South Florida and recently we have had a lot of rain. Now all the neighborhoods yards especially in the swell area are popping up mushrooms every day. They seem to be spreading to all of the yards and it is getting worse. How can we stop them from spreading? It must have something to do with the wind? Help

Answer 1

Try sprinkling dry laundry soap lightly thoughout the area where they are growing. Must be the "Year of the Mushroom". I'm in Kansas and we've got anabundance of Puffball mushrooms this year like I've never seen. Not to mention other varieties of "Toadstools". The dry soap is suppose to work on "Fairyrings" so it might work on yours as well.

Answer 2

I live in Palm beach myself too.I worked as a rep for Lowe's and Home Depot.There is NOTHING on the market to kill mushrooms.There maybe be someone who uses some kind a "home- maid" recipe but other than that,nothing.The musrooms are caused by decaying matter under gound.When it rains heavily, like it has for us,they appear.Just do not let your dogs eat them (IF you have any).
You can use a Thatching rake to help areate the soil and break up any organic matter.Do you use a MULCHING mower?If you do, that may be the culpret.Try to cut only 1' of grass off when you mow and do not cut the grass when it's wet.

Answer 3

This is from a gardening expert in Texas:
Mow or break toadstools to rid from yard

By NEIL SPERRY
Gardener's Mailbag

Dear Neil: I have several toadstools that are growing through my St. Augustine where some trees were removed. What is the simplest way to get rid of them so they won’t come back?

Answer: Simply mow or break them off. Mushrooms and toadstools are saprophytic funguses, meaning they live off dead organic matter (as opposed to parasitic funguses that get their existence from living tissues). You probably could use dusting sulfur to reduce their populations, but it can burn foliage and be irritating to your eyes as well. Simply remove them manually and let them run their course.

That is my answer from Washington, D.C.

Answer 4

My mother told me that mushrooms was good for the yard and that they don't stay but for a few weeks. But since your in Florida, I'm not really sure.

Answer 5

it is assuredly nothing to do with the wind but indeed the moisture in your garden after the rains , i wouldn't panic , but if you have a lot of shade (ie a tree in your yard that may well be inadvertently storing the moist and humid conditions for fungus to grow ) then consider pruning your trees (s) so as to alleviate the damp conditions from which mushrooms ( fungi ) survive .