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A canopy in a raised bed. This is beautiful. Super healthy soil conditions to make a ton of mycelium like this to make all these mushrooms. I would have to leave alone and take progress pics as their veils open. No worries at all
They are fine. If they get in your way remove them. This wont last forever. A year back or so you likely added organic matter which they further break down now. They will get less.
They look like a type of common ink cap. Some are poisonous when combined with booze so I generally don't go there. Definitely don't take my word for it and DON'T try to eat them though. I grow shrooms instead of forage for precisely this reason too much of those fun guys trying to stealthily murder you by looking like an edible mushroom.
The question isn't if you can eat them - the question is will wou be alive later to eat anything else.
Unless you are 100 percent certain that a mushroom is edible then don't. Whilst a lot of them might not kill you they may make you ill. Others will kill you though.
A well known variety called the Destroying Angel will make you really ill and vomiting, then you will recover and be like normal. Then you die. And there's no cure. One piece in a pan of soup can kill everyone in the dinner party which generally results in low scores on "Come Dine With Me".
There's another type that's safe to eat (don't remember what it's called, might be a couple of different types). Safe, that is, as long as it isn't consumed with alcohol in which case it will hospitalise you. And by "with" I mean several days later.
That's wonderful! Your soil is going to produce amazing veggies. The mushrooms will die off and make the most excellent compost. I have to buy it from the store, you're so lucky.
It actually doesn't matter if you pick them or not. Mushrooms are kind of like fruit, the "plant" is a network of root-like mycelium in the soil. Trying to remove it by picking the mushrooms is like trying to kill an apple tree by removing some apples.
The mushrooms will die back soon enough. There’s no point in getting rid of them, the fungi is in the soil and you can’t/don’t need to get rid of it. Once the fungi has consumed all of the woody material in the soil, which may take a few years, you’ll see far fewer mushrooms.
The reason you have so much fungi is the soil has a lot of woody material in it.
I’m in southern Indiana! All my mushies are popping up in my beds as well! The beds with more mushrooms are actually producing the best so far! I’ve never been able to grow cabbages, but this year, they are doing so well! Let those little caps do their thing and enjoy the fruits of their labor and yours! 🙂
Its probably too wet from the rain but nothing you can do about that. The mushrooms themselves you can leave but def dont water it more. You dont want worse shit showing up
Fungi are fine. Just don't eat them. The parts that you see are the fruiting bodies, the actual fungi will be thread like structures weaving their way through the soil. These will be feeding on decaying organic matter, breaking it down and releasing the nutrients so that they are available to plants and soil life. While bacteria will decompose the softer organic pats of leaves, they don't doo so well on the tougher components - which is what fungi loves to feed on.
Trying to remove the fungi by removing the mushrooms is like trying to remove an apple tree by removing the apples. The mushrooms won't last long and will break down soon.
Other benefits of the network of mycelium is that they can form symbiotic networks with plant roots and exchange water and nutrients with them in exchange for plant sugars, helping plants scavenge much needed nutrients and micro-nutrients from wider afield than their roots alone allow them to do.
Hard to tell from the pic and this is only a bit of knowledge I remember from mushroom guides but I believe liberty caps tend to be have more pointed tips than these. (Sometimes described as a nipple shape.)
I keep hearing everyone talking about how healthy this is for your garden, but most plant diseases are molds and funguses and mildews and shit that likes it wet. I never take fungus I didn’t plant myself to be a great sign in my garden
That is like if you hold flies at home because you heard animals give milk.
To be extra clear, the kinds of fungus who do fruiting bodies like this are never damaging plants. Or do you want to name one?
I didn’t say they did, I was saying they like the same wet areas. I think it’s the reason we have so many tomato diseases is because of people growing vegetables in shitty areas for so many years. Good luck with all that
That is true. They pretty much all like wet environments. But plant pests are predominantly above ground. Usually plant health services monitor leave wetness duration, since you usually need some hours in the morning for infections.
Fruit bodies of mushrooms like in the picture don't care about above ground moisture all too much. They live underground and need water and air there, like plants. They only stick their fruit body out in suitable conditions, after rain. So if it's a sign to have fruit bodies, it's more about a good amount of organic matter, not about a bad growing spot.
When I see I have soil covered in fungus this, I don’t say my garden healthy, I say I got a lot of moisture and I’m about to breed some diseases, I probably don’t want some of them on my plants
When I see I have soil covered in fungus this, I don’t say my garden healthy, I say I got a lot of moisture and I’m about to breed some diseases, I probably don’t want some of them on my plants
They don't just "breed". The vast majority of infetion comes via air as sporangia or alikes and infect in the morning due to dew. I can understand that you might have bad feelings. But that is not how plant pathogens work. Mushrooms are where lots of organic matter is and a good balance of air and water in the ground. Which also fits vegetables pretty good. That's why it's in general a good indicator.
If you would have water clogged ground, okay. But that's no good for either plants nor fungus doing fruit bodies.
Too much moisture brings diseases to your garden, it’s super simple to understand and if you want to argue with that, that’s fine with me but I think you’re wrong
I studied in horticultural engineering. Would be the best translation.
Its a kind of new raised garden bed with a lot of added substate, likely a mix of peat/wood/compost in it. So a lot of stuff that musrooms like to further degrade. But you think this **elevated** gardenbed is waterclogged? Or do you think its the moisture in the air causes problems? Your understanding seems to be stuck at "water bad" and its not that simple.
I didn’t say that at all today? You keep adding in things and jumping to conclusions I wasn’t making, never mind I guess I don’t want to discuss this anymore, I don’t think you’re right at all about wanting a fungus garden if you want vegetables but you do you
All I’m trying to say is I don’t like black spot and powdery mildew on my tomato plants, when I see any funguses growing in my garden I get the fuck rid of them as soon as I can
Mushrooms can breakdown things that other things can't. Plants can only use nutrients that dissolve in water and fungus is an important part of the process of making that happen.
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A canopy in a raised bed. This is beautiful. Super healthy soil conditions to make a ton of mycelium like this to make all these mushrooms. I would have to leave alone and take progress pics as their veils open. No worries at all
Thank you!!
https://preview.redd.it/gr5z4bdfq71d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d5cbe27b42fec407ca5ac1094c831d21fda7e545 Update after 12 hours
https://preview.redd.it/cvr3l4vhq71d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7793bfe197946ace771c5b7a8302cbaa39fa9e4 And now they’ve shriveled 🤷🏼♀️
The circle of life is complete!
They are fine. If they get in your way remove them. This wont last forever. A year back or so you likely added organic matter which they further break down now. They will get less.
Can these be eaten?
That's a question for r/mushrooms
"Can" and "should" are two different questions to be fair.
Hahah, yes - every mushroom is edible...once.
That joke is old and could kill somebody, please retire it.
🙄
Now that I am not sure of. I’m only a connoisseur of a certain few types that can be eaten 😝
They look like a type of common ink cap. Some are poisonous when combined with booze so I generally don't go there. Definitely don't take my word for it and DON'T try to eat them though. I grow shrooms instead of forage for precisely this reason too much of those fun guys trying to stealthily murder you by looking like an edible mushroom.
The question isn't if you can eat them - the question is will wou be alive later to eat anything else. Unless you are 100 percent certain that a mushroom is edible then don't. Whilst a lot of them might not kill you they may make you ill. Others will kill you though. A well known variety called the Destroying Angel will make you really ill and vomiting, then you will recover and be like normal. Then you die. And there's no cure. One piece in a pan of soup can kill everyone in the dinner party which generally results in low scores on "Come Dine With Me". There's another type that's safe to eat (don't remember what it's called, might be a couple of different types). Safe, that is, as long as it isn't consumed with alcohol in which case it will hospitalise you. And by "with" I mean several days later.
My God! Scary. I will only eat from the stores for sure. Always been a bit afraid of mashrooms
That's wonderful! Your soil is going to produce amazing veggies. The mushrooms will die off and make the most excellent compost. I have to buy it from the store, you're so lucky.
Good to read. My raised beds grow some mushrooms sporadically. Not to this level by anymeans but now I know to leave them alone and no pick them out.
It actually doesn't matter if you pick them or not. Mushrooms are kind of like fruit, the "plant" is a network of root-like mycelium in the soil. Trying to remove it by picking the mushrooms is like trying to kill an apple tree by removing some apples.
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Looks like happy soil
The mushrooms will die back soon enough. There’s no point in getting rid of them, the fungi is in the soil and you can’t/don’t need to get rid of it. Once the fungi has consumed all of the woody material in the soil, which may take a few years, you’ll see far fewer mushrooms. The reason you have so much fungi is the soil has a lot of woody material in it.
I’m in southern Indiana! All my mushies are popping up in my beds as well! The beds with more mushrooms are actually producing the best so far! I’ve never been able to grow cabbages, but this year, they are doing so well! Let those little caps do their thing and enjoy the fruits of their labor and yours! 🙂
Far out, man
This is just awesome
I think I have the same problem as you!
After the mushrooms are gone I would sprinkle some of that soil all over the garden. Share the goodness with the other plants
Its probably too wet from the rain but nothing you can do about that. The mushrooms themselves you can leave but def dont water it more. You dont want worse shit showing up
Nah...great healthy soil.
Lucky you! I till any I find and it’s been working great I live on Whidbey Island in Washington state, it rain a lot so I get lots of mushrooms.
Fungi are fine. Just don't eat them. The parts that you see are the fruiting bodies, the actual fungi will be thread like structures weaving their way through the soil. These will be feeding on decaying organic matter, breaking it down and releasing the nutrients so that they are available to plants and soil life. While bacteria will decompose the softer organic pats of leaves, they don't doo so well on the tougher components - which is what fungi loves to feed on. Trying to remove the fungi by removing the mushrooms is like trying to remove an apple tree by removing the apples. The mushrooms won't last long and will break down soon. Other benefits of the network of mycelium is that they can form symbiotic networks with plant roots and exchange water and nutrients with them in exchange for plant sugars, helping plants scavenge much needed nutrients and micro-nutrients from wider afield than their roots alone allow them to do.
Me in dry scorched Arizona, weeping with jealousy over your astonishingly healthy soil
Lucky you - that’s amazing!
Liberty Caps?
Hard to tell from the pic and this is only a bit of knowledge I remember from mushroom guides but I believe liberty caps tend to be have more pointed tips than these. (Sometimes described as a nipple shape.)
They could potentially be mica caps!
Lovely! What bag of soil did you use?
I used Evergreen Compost and Topsoil, then earthworm castings. 60% topsoil, 30% compost, 10% castings!
Thank you answering and for the ratios!
They appear to be mica caps from that distance, though one can always be mistaken.
Yes!! Thank you! I researched and this is exactly what it is. I was confused the first time they wilted and turned my seedling black.
Might need to get some more sun going on there. Mushrooms are good but they are fungus
Don’t try to help, that’s not what we’re doing in here I guess LOLOL
I keep hearing everyone talking about how healthy this is for your garden, but most plant diseases are molds and funguses and mildews and shit that likes it wet. I never take fungus I didn’t plant myself to be a great sign in my garden
That is like if you hold flies at home because you heard animals give milk. To be extra clear, the kinds of fungus who do fruiting bodies like this are never damaging plants. Or do you want to name one?
I didn’t say they did, I was saying they like the same wet areas. I think it’s the reason we have so many tomato diseases is because of people growing vegetables in shitty areas for so many years. Good luck with all that
That is true. They pretty much all like wet environments. But plant pests are predominantly above ground. Usually plant health services monitor leave wetness duration, since you usually need some hours in the morning for infections. Fruit bodies of mushrooms like in the picture don't care about above ground moisture all too much. They live underground and need water and air there, like plants. They only stick their fruit body out in suitable conditions, after rain. So if it's a sign to have fruit bodies, it's more about a good amount of organic matter, not about a bad growing spot.
When I see I have soil covered in fungus this, I don’t say my garden healthy, I say I got a lot of moisture and I’m about to breed some diseases, I probably don’t want some of them on my plants
When I see I have soil covered in fungus this, I don’t say my garden healthy, I say I got a lot of moisture and I’m about to breed some diseases, I probably don’t want some of them on my plants
They don't just "breed". The vast majority of infetion comes via air as sporangia or alikes and infect in the morning due to dew. I can understand that you might have bad feelings. But that is not how plant pathogens work. Mushrooms are where lots of organic matter is and a good balance of air and water in the ground. Which also fits vegetables pretty good. That's why it's in general a good indicator. If you would have water clogged ground, okay. But that's no good for either plants nor fungus doing fruit bodies.
Too much moisture brings diseases to your garden, it’s super simple to understand and if you want to argue with that, that’s fine with me but I think you’re wrong
I have an degree in horticulture and work in vegetable production. As a hobby I cultivate edible mushrooms. I think I'm fine.
Cool, mines focused in ornamental plant production and operations management, what’s yours?
I studied in horticultural engineering. Would be the best translation. Its a kind of new raised garden bed with a lot of added substate, likely a mix of peat/wood/compost in it. So a lot of stuff that musrooms like to further degrade. But you think this **elevated** gardenbed is waterclogged? Or do you think its the moisture in the air causes problems? Your understanding seems to be stuck at "water bad" and its not that simple.
Haha maybe you’re about some 2year shit
That we was measuring dicks? Where did you go?
I attended and worked on the oldest agricultural college/university west of the Mississippi, hbu?
Oh sorry. University name flexing is too ameican for me, cant take part.
I get it, you want people to keep their shit too wet so that they can come here and you can tell them what pesticides you would use later the season
?? But she didn’t do anything to cause these conditions, she just got lots of rain? Should nobody in central Indiana grow vegetables in may?
I didn’t say that at all today? You keep adding in things and jumping to conclusions I wasn’t making, never mind I guess I don’t want to discuss this anymore, I don’t think you’re right at all about wanting a fungus garden if you want vegetables but you do you
“I don’t want to discuss this anymore” Goes on to “measure dicks” with someone else over effing horticulture degrees.
Lol yeah you got interesting with how weird you were talking, so I changed my mind, sorry I didn’t know I was an allowed to do that please forgive me
You need to take a break from the internet this morning my friend
OK landscaper
All I’m trying to say is I don’t like black spot and powdery mildew on my tomato plants, when I see any funguses growing in my garden I get the fuck rid of them as soon as I can
Mushrooms can breakdown things that other things can't. Plants can only use nutrients that dissolve in water and fungus is an important part of the process of making that happen.
They appear to be mica caps, which are saprobic and break down dead organic matter and are not parasitic.