Mushrooms
By: The Home School Jedi
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| Mushrooms from our yard |
Mushrooms grow in yards because of
their main source, underground mycelia. Mycelia
are made up of two fused hyphae, tiny threads, which come out of spores. The life cycle of mushrooms start with
spores. Spores drop from mushrooms and fly into other yards. The spores let out strands of hyphae that
must find other hyphae that are compatible.
When two compatible hyphae meet, they fuse together to form
mycelia. Then, after a while, a mushroom
gradually sprouts out of the ground and the life cycle starts over again.
Mushroom spores blow into yards from neighbors’
yards. No matter where it lands, it will
grow all over a yard. The main source, underground
mycelia, spreads out rapidly. The sooner
mushrooms are pulled out, the less chance spores will blow other places.
The best way to get rid of them is not to pull
them out of the ground, but to eliminate their food source. Mushrooms feed off of dead plants, animal
wastes, and old mulch. They do not cause
diseases in lawns, but do not make lawns look good either. In a way, mushrooms help lawns because they
are decomposers. Decomposers are plants
and animals that feed off of decaying material.
A way to eliminate mushrooms is to add nitrogen
fertilizer to the mushrooms. This helps
because the fertilizer also decomposes so the mushrooms won’t have any
food. Another way to reduce mushroom
growth is to pull them out before they can make more spores. Some people want to spray mushrooms with
fungicide, but it won’t work.
Mushrooms are classified in different
species. Some mushroom species are
edible, while others are not. It is best
not to eat any mushrooms found in yards for fear that they may be poisonous.
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