How can I get rid of those little white mushrooms. I cut them down and they keep growing back in my yard?

Answer 1

strong non-diluted bleach... only use about half a pea size on each mushroom.... it has always worked me... but be aware that if its on grass it may burn it if you use to much... but iv never had that problem as yet

hope this works...

Answer 2

Mushrooms are the "flowers" of underground fungus growing and consuming organic materials such as dead tree roots. The fungus is turning the material into nutrients for the soil and other plants.

To eliminate the fungus, you'd have to dig down and remove whatever the fungus is working on. If it's a sizeable tree root, great, but if it is pockets of organic material such as manure, that will be impossible.

Fairy ring is a fungus common to lawns. The fungus is working on the soil organic matter. Each season the ring gets a bit wider as it explores new material. Problem is the fungus is so tight, it excludes water from entering the soil so in addition to the mushrooms, you get dead spots. For the dead spots, take a soil probe that attaches to the hose end and stick into the dead areas and turn on the water, forcing water through the fungus' mycellium. For the mushrooms, mow them, pick them or ignore them. If you have Fairy ring and the lawn has the distinctive rings, keep the lawn well fertilized to hide the rings.

Answer 3

****Personally**** I would leave them be, mushrooms can only grow where there is organic matter decaying and it is they're very purpose to convert decaying organic matter into compost and loam. It's feeding on something, letting it do it's job could prevent other nasties (bacteria being the main competitor of fungii) coming in to finish the job that was left behind.

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That being said, if you just can't stand to see them because of a phobia or whatnot, read on...

The actual mushroom is only the fruit of the underlying mycelium network that has formed around something decaying (could just be an abundance of dog poop, in all honesty) you're going to need to kill the mycelium network.

The easiest way to do that is by altering the pH of the area around where you find the mushroom with a little bit of hydrated lime, even a 2 liter bottle (or two) of seltzer water around the area in question would kill off a lot of the mycelium growing.

For something a little less organic and a lot more effective look in the garden section for anything that says fungicide and treat a 5 foot area around where you see the mushrooms growing.

Answer 4

your yard is being over watered..... Water less. Is your yard very shady? You may have to prune the trees to let sun in

Answer 5

mushrooms are seed pods from something like a root that is dead under ground. not the dead root but what is eating dead root