How do you get rid of mushrooms on your lawn ?

Answer 1

The evidence you see is the reproductive or fruiting body of the fungi. Remove it as soon as it appears to prevent the spores being released. This keeps them away from pets or children who might sample a poisonous one. The dificulty is they probably blew in from a fair distance and will reappear if the source continues. They will not cause grass disease so they are more a risk to children or pets and then only if harmful.
When you pull the fruiting body there are mycelium still in the soil there. When they have regrown and if the soil is wet enough they may refruit. You will have to watch this patch.
If the fungi are growing in a ring they may be 'Fairy Ring fungi. All varieties of grass are susceptible to this and there are several fungi species that produce the rings. The rings serve to stimulate the grass caused by the release of plant nutrients as the fungal hyphae decompose organic matter in the soil. Later if the fungus becomes very old it may crowd the grass out of the inside of the ring. This is what lead to the belief fairies danced there beating down the grass inside their dance area.

Increase the fertilizer to grow the rest of your lawn as quickly so the ring is hidden with equal grass growth. (Try Hasta-gro 12-4-8 lawn food.) Mushrooms grow on carbon rich decaying matter like wood. They in turn supply nitrogen to the plants. grass is a nitrogen hog. Give the grass the nitrogen it wants and it will probably out compete the fungi.

Another reason for fungi in lawns is buried wood for them to grow on. Buried scraps of construction lumber, dead tree roots, or other organic matter can support fungi until the decomposition is complete. Again remove them by picking or by digging up what they are growing on. You can sometimes eliminate mushrooms growing from buried organic matter by applying a nitrogen heavy fertilizer but it you certainly can by removing their food source.

If you just laid sod and these popped up due to the water needed to establish the sod they will just go away once you go to watering only 1 inch a week.

The best thing to do is aerate the soil, measure the water you apply so is isn't to wet, and keep the thatch cleaned out so there is less for them to grow on. Set out rain gauges on your lawn and see how much water you actually put on the lawn in your usual watering method.

Mushrooms are a healthy sign in your garden. They are indicating an active recycling into soil. The breakdown of thatch, mulch, or dead roots is the same as decay in the forest of leaves and other debris. This cycles back into soil and is available to the plants again. Fungi are active both in the decay and in symbiosis with your plants.
Certain mushrooms form a mutually beneficial relationship with the roots of plants, ranging from trees to grasses. Plants with fungal partners can also resist diseases far better than those without.

Answer 2

Lawns serve no useful food or agricultural purpose, they take up water and fertilizer, contribute to the poisoning of the water table with pesticides and herbicides, and require mowing. Did you know that a gas lawnmower running for an hour puts out the same amount of pollutants as a passenger car does driving from Portland, Oregon to San Francisco? And this does not even touch on the issue of destroying native plants just so the neighbors (who you probably don't like, anyway) will approve of your yard.

Okay- I've ranted at you- so here's a positive suggestion. Instead of getting rid of the mushrooms, why don't you dig up the lawn and replace it with rock gardens and flowerbeds stocked with native plants? With an investment in design now, you'll never have to mow again, your yard can be attractively distinctive, and you won't be responsible for helping trash the environment. Or, you could just pour gasoline over everyhting and light it up. That should take care of those pesky mushrooms!

Answer 3

There is no reason to do anything about mushrooms in your lawn unless you have young children you are afraid might eat them. Mushrooms do no harm to a lawn. When the weather gets dryer they will disappear until the next rainy season. As I said, ignore them, they'll go away.

Answer 4

Rake them... Discard them. The birds may eat them.

But since their spores travel in the air, you can't completely avoid a mushroom or two growing on your lawn

Answer 5

they will usually go away .....Like an early morn you will see em......But if you mow them off they will usually not come back...........Aren't they pretty.? don't eat that kind....