Topic: Toadstools in woodchip

[cornykev]

I layed woodchips down on my two main paths and now toadstools are sprouting up everywhere  :'( do I pull em up bag and burn.  ??? ??? ???   ;D ;D ;D

[Eristic]

I would just leave them but watch out in case they are morels. Morels normally come out about Apr-May and are often found in woodchip and are highly regarded as a gourmet thing.

[angle shades]

do they look like this Kev? / shades x

[star]

http://www.squidoo.com/morelmushroomhunting/

We get loads of different shrooms in our woodchip too, they are not edible to my knowledge I dont think I want to try them either, as my doggies pee on it :-\

But it would be nice to see morels appearing. I take special notice in springtime :)

[ipt8]

Leave them, they are not doing any harm, its nature at work....

[cornykev]

Doesn't look like either of them, suppose I'll let them be.  ???   ;D ;D ;D

[Norfolk n Proud]

Evening all, i found 2 or 3 of exactly the same mushroom that you posted Angle Shades, do you know what they are?? 

[star]

I think they are just part of the decomposing of the woodchip, you get different fungi depending on the type of wood in the chip.

Last year we had a lot of, what looked like a form of inkcap, they were on a conifer based chip. This year is more broadleaved stuff and looks like small fairy ring 'shrooms.

I was told that I had magic mushrooms last year too :o 

[cornykev]

Our woodchip comes from conker trees.  ;D ;D ;D