getting rid of mushrooms

[Nosha123]

For some reason only known to God... Our lawn has become SMOTHERED in clusters of mushrooms...

I started off by just kicking them over... which only seems to have made it worse.. IS THIS HOW THEY SEED?? I have no idea!!!

How can I get rid of them... I started by digging the largest clumps out.. roots and all.. and then seeding the bare patch...

Is there anything I can spray that wont kill the grass?
WHERE have they all come from?? Some are HUGE!!!

[AndThenSome]

Magic or poisonous?

[TTG]

Kicking them over releases their seed.

[Nosha123]

Whoa.. there you go then TTG... I'm bu88ered!!!!! ;-)

I have NO IDEA what type they are.. some small and grey and spindly.. some large flat brown - look like dead leaves - one was bright yellow!!
BALLS...

How can I shift them now??? Or will they eventually die off come Winter?

[AndThenSome]

That sounds mad, an invasion of wave after wave of alien mushrooms! Maybe you should take a picture then post it up so "The Experts" Know exactly what your dealing with, Besides, Im bloody curious myself! loL!

[Nosha123]

It is an INVASION!!!

I thought I saw a small log or something on our lawn and when I walked over it was a MASS of GIANT mushrooms!

They are all over the place!!!...weird huh

[AndThenSome]

Was any Saucer Shaped weird lights seen over your garden last night?

[Nosha123]

urm no....

[hope19]

I had these in my old garden,i just pulled them out and soon they went away!!

[bookbinder]

According to "The Lawn Expert. Dr. D.G. Hessayon. Expert Books. 2000", the usual cause is buried organic debris, and removing this will often remove a small clump of mushrooms. No water-on technique has proved reliable, as the underground fungal growth waterproofs the soil. You can try iron sulphate (½ oz. in a gallon of water per square yard), or a dilute solution of washing-up liquid, but the real answer is to remove the turf and topsoil to a depth of 1 foot. Fill the hole with clean topsoil and then re-turf the area.

[Hawkwalk]

They are actually beneficial to the lawn and will not do it any harm. There is no chemical cure for them and the only way to reduce their growth is to reduce the dead and decaying matter that they are growing on. They will be thriving on thatch, leaf litter, rotting roots etc that are in the lawn so the best way to reduce their growth is to scarify the lawn regularly to remove this debris. Also dig out any old tree roots that may be rotting underneath where they are growing. If you can brush them off the lawn as soon as they appear you should catch them before they have chance to produce spores so you wont spread them about.

[john1066]

Dig them out one by one, making sure you get the roots out....It worked for me.!

[woodchopper]

Douse the area with a solution of Armillatox - available from garden centres - it is a fungicide.

[sara3]

I've got lots of mushrooms/toadstools in my garden too!