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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: caseylee on April 05, 2008, 18:20:10

Title: White mushrooms in my fresh manure
Post by: caseylee on April 05, 2008, 18:20:10

Has anyone else had this and what can I do about it.  Is it worth just digging it in or getting rid of it. My oh says they are not posionous but I am very wary of any mushrooms

Title: Re: White mushrooms in my fresh manure
Post by: OllieC on April 05, 2008, 18:52:10

give us a piccie!

Title: Re: White mushrooms in my fresh manure
Post by: caseylee on April 05, 2008, 18:53:32

will do as soon as I realise how to put pictures on here lol

Title: Re: White mushrooms in my fresh manure
Post by: ceres on April 05, 2008, 18:58:24

I've got two different sorts growing in mine.  One is kind of yellowy and grows just under the surface - round, no stalk and with a hole in the centre, a bit like a sea squirt.  The other is quite beautiful - conventional mushroom shape, a pale creamy colour with a metallic sheen and a faint sort of snakeskin pattern.

Title: Re: White mushrooms in my fresh manure
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on April 05, 2008, 19:55:07

I get loads of fungi on my plot, cue to all the organic mulch I put down. Doubtless some are edible and some aren't, but they do no harm and I just let them get on with it. They're part of the natural process of decay, and sometimes decay depends largely on them.

Title: Re: White mushrooms in my fresh manure
Post by: goodlife on April 05, 2008, 20:04:34

There is nothing to worry about fungi in manure..it will eventually die down as it has done it's part of the composting process..

Title: Re: White mushrooms in my fresh manure
Post by: caseylee on April 05, 2008, 20:21:05

brilliant I will leave it there then, and just mix it in when I put it on the lottie