Mushrooms in Lawn.?

Question

When I water only a little, my grass turns brown. If I water sufficient for the lawn I get mushrooms. I pick them every day and they grow back the next. What can I do to get rid of these mushrooms?

Answer 1

they're coming from something decomposing underground... and old tree trunk or roots.....either dig that up or keep removing them.... since you have to water, try a little lime to inhibit them... not too much or the grass wont' like it.... otherwise you just have to wait it out till the decomposing is done with.....

Answer 2

umm go to a gardening store and buy some anti fungi for you yard and put it where the mushrooms pop out of

Answer 3

The final answer is that you need to regulate your watering.

It may be that you dont want to spend much time with your lawn, so you either do a quick once over or you leave a sprinkler out there "forever" and just forget about it.  So, you either have to give up having a great lawn and continue doing what you're doing, or you have to decide that a great lawn is one of your many priorities and do it methodically.

To do it properly: time how long you water each area for; put out a dish to see how much water the grass is getting; water long enough to soak the ground.  If you only water the surface, the roots will stay up there and get burnt when there's no water. You need to water deep so that they will grow deep.

The more complicated answer is that there may be something more happening in your lawn.  Sometimes when trees are cut down, etc. they leave a little of their trunk or root or spreading underground roots, and they eventually start to rot and then mushrooms appear on the surface.  This eventually goes away when the rotting is done, but you have to pick the mushrooms by the bottom of their stems - remove the whole plant.

Answer 4

go to nearby lawn & garden shop and ask them.

Answer 5

Those are NOT mushrooms , they are toadstools. Very poisonous! They are caused by rotting vegetation.

Answer 6

It sounds like you have a soil fungus called "fairy ring".  It is common in lawn areas that have a high thatch content.  Bermudagrasses, St. Augustine, Etc.  Thatch is the dead and decaying organic matter that is derived from old plant parts (dead shoots, leaves, etc.).  When left unchecked (no renovation or cultural practices to remove this), it becomes very thick and spongey.  

The name of the fungus was given "fairy ring" because when the fungus is agressive it works its way into a complete circle of fruiting bodies (mushrooms).  The circles can be from 2' to up to 16' in diameter.   They can be treated with soil fungicides- check your hardware store or call a lawn treatment specialist.  

Otherwise, mushrooms can also be prevalent on newly sodded turf where water is being applied over organic materials in the soil including dormant mushroom spores.  It's really nothing to be alarmed about and should go away within a couple weeks.