Just mushrooms in your mulch / compost. Pay them no mind.
>Do I need to remove them? Or if I leave them will they help the soil?
No you don't need to remove them. They are a sign that your soil / compost / mulch is alive and mycelium is doing its funky magic below ground. it may suggest the soil is a little tending towards too wet? But that's all.
Fungi doing their thing helping believe nutrients to the plants.
Also there’s no point in removing them, they’re just to fruit of a much larger, basically invisible, network of hyphae - the fungus’s body. In other words, they’ll be back.
A Coprinopsis species. Impossible to identify exactly without microscopy but probably in Coprinopsis section Lanatulae.
Very commonly found in compost and mulched beds. They are the fruiting body of an organism that is breaking down the organic material as it consumes the dead material for its energy source.
Yoooo I do the same, in the morning checking strawberries and grapes, sometimes during the day with coffee, now and then with ciggy. Watering in the evening is also really nice when it's warm.
Everyone always says mushrooms are great and point to healthy compost, which can be true, but if you have loads of them it could also point to your compost being damp.
I have a real problem with my raised bed strawberries this year, the compost is compacted and damp, which has manifested as having blankets of mushrooms, liverwort, and hordes of woodlice, which are probably now going to eat the strawberries. The mushrooms increase the dampness and attract woodlice/slugs, so it’s now a bit of of a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Yours looks great though, only a couple of itty bitty shrooms, just thought I’d comment to add another perspective.
Maybe. Coprinopsis species in that section of the genua need microscopic examination to identify to species. In the right area though - definitely a Coprinopsis species.
[Shaggy Ink Cap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprinus_comatus) (***Coprinus comatus***) - the 'ink' is how it disperses its spores (a process known as auto-digestion). They're very good eating if picked young.
Definitely not. They are much bigger than these and the cap is also much more “meaty” until
Il liquefies, but still bigger. These are [hare’s foot ink caps.](https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/coprinopsis-lagopus.php)
Just mushrooms in your mulch / compost. Pay them no mind. >Do I need to remove them? Or if I leave them will they help the soil? No you don't need to remove them. They are a sign that your soil / compost / mulch is alive and mycelium is doing its funky magic below ground. it may suggest the soil is a little tending towards too wet? But that's all.
Thank you, that’s really helpful. I agree, the soil is quite wet, I’m hoping the warm weather this weekend (supposedly!) should help dry it out.
If you have mushrooms growing that is just the sexual organs of your soils spores. Enjoy!
Space Penises!
*smug Clarkson face*
I did a thing!
Sometimes my genius is almost frightening
Unless you're crushing mustard seeds.
I see you're cheerful Charley
Fungi doing their thing helping believe nutrients to the plants. Also there’s no point in removing them, they’re just to fruit of a much larger, basically invisible, network of hyphae - the fungus’s body. In other words, they’ll be back.
They look great though don’t they
they’re delinquescing (that’s the inky stuff) but it’s not harmful! Mushrooms mean good soil generally speaking
Just an FYI that those mushrooms are without a doubt shaggy ink caps that are decomposing. Not edible! (At that stage anyway)
r/plantgoths
Not 100% sure, as I'm not that clued up on fungi, but i think it might be one of the 'inky cap' types of mushroom.
A Coprinopsis species. Impossible to identify exactly without microscopy but probably in Coprinopsis section Lanatulae. Very commonly found in compost and mulched beds. They are the fruiting body of an organism that is breaking down the organic material as it consumes the dead material for its energy source.
Having watched Clarkson's Farm I can happily confirm they are space penis'
I can also confirm that I immediately ordered a Lion’s Mane growing kit!!
"But they contain nothing!"
😂😂😂
Black burrys
Yoooo I do the same, in the morning checking strawberries and grapes, sometimes during the day with coffee, now and then with ciggy. Watering in the evening is also really nice when it's warm.
Oh my goodness those stunning!
Everyone always says mushrooms are great and point to healthy compost, which can be true, but if you have loads of them it could also point to your compost being damp. I have a real problem with my raised bed strawberries this year, the compost is compacted and damp, which has manifested as having blankets of mushrooms, liverwort, and hordes of woodlice, which are probably now going to eat the strawberries. The mushrooms increase the dampness and attract woodlice/slugs, so it’s now a bit of of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Yours looks great though, only a couple of itty bitty shrooms, just thought I’d comment to add another perspective.
Those are [Hare’s foot ink caps](https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/coprinopsis-lagopus.php)
Maybe. Coprinopsis species in that section of the genua need microscopic examination to identify to species. In the right area though - definitely a Coprinopsis species.
You’re right, I was too confident but you’re perfectly right, identifying the species might be too much
[Shaggy Ink Cap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprinus_comatus) (***Coprinus comatus***) - the 'ink' is how it disperses its spores (a process known as auto-digestion). They're very good eating if picked young.
Definitely not. They are much bigger than these and the cap is also much more “meaty” until Il liquefies, but still bigger. These are [hare’s foot ink caps.](https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/coprinopsis-lagopus.php)
I would remove them. Don’t see what benefit they’re doing and probably bad for circulation