Garden Q&A: My lawn is covered in mushrooms

I love admiring the different toadstools and I would urge you not to see them as nasty

The mushrooms you can see now are actually a sign of a good healthy soil rather than a problem.

Question:

I have a lot of Mushrooms growing in my lawn this month. I have never seen them before and they look nasty. What should I treat them with?

Answer:

Mushrooms and toadstools are merely the fruits and flowers of some of the fungi which live in the soil. Far from being nasty, they are part of the magic which is happening below our feet all the time. 

The vast majority of these fungi are not damaging, rather they are beneficial and the mushrooms which you can see now are actually a sign of good healthy soil rather than a problem that needs to have a chemical poured upon them.

I’m no mycologist but I do love admiring the different toadstools and I would urge you not to see them as nasty but rather as little botanical works of art. Once you get down on your hands and knees and notice the intricate details on these beauties, I assure you that you will soon see them as beautiful.

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