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Fairy rings

(9 Posts)
sandymac Sun 15-Jul-12 21:25:55

My lawn is completely spoilt by a ghastly ring of mushrooms and I wonder if anyone has a good recipe for getting rind of them.

Bags Sun 15-Jul-12 21:26:24

Eat them.

Bags Sun 15-Jul-12 21:27:32

After first checking the safety of such a course, natch!

jeni Sun 15-Jul-12 21:30:53

Sit in the middle at midnight and make wish!smile

Sook Sun 15-Jul-12 21:34:10

I've never known it happen before but for some reason (probably the endless rain) our front lawn has had endless crops of small pointed brown toadstools. I find them quite attractive actually.

Bags Sun 15-Jul-12 21:36:12

Why ghastly, by the way? I'm imagining a mushroom ring in a lawn, you see, and it looks quite nice in my head.

jeni Sun 15-Jul-12 21:51:25

You have mushroom ring in your head? confused obviously past this old ladies bedtime.
Unfortunately I've rub out of calories to take nice a hot horlicks tobedsad
So I'll make do with a hot toddy! grin
Night allI
[crescent moon]

tanith Sun 15-Jul-12 22:23:46

I get them in my lawn occasionally I think they look attractive too.. they don't do any harm. Not sure how you get rid of a fairy ring though.. apart from the fact you shouldn't mow over them , rather pick them out and discard if they aren't edible..

vampirequeen Mon 16-Jul-12 11:08:08

Fairy rings are caused by fungus under the ground. To try and prevent the spreading of the fairy ring you can carefully cut any of the toadstools off at their base and place them in a container. Once you have collected all the toadstools burn them. Do not put them on the compost heap or redistribute them over the lawn or soil as they contain spores that will further the growth of the fungi. Burning the toadstools will destroy the spores.

You need to buy a fungicide to destroy the fungus underground. Be careful, if I remember correctly, it's very potent and dangerous stuff,