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Thanks, Mr. Connery.
Mushrooms are a sign of healthy soil! Did you by chance get some pro-mix with mycorrhizae or something similar?
Raised Bed soil from Ocean State Job Lot. The big green bag.
Just if anyone else is familiar, I've never had issue before, but, I've an infestation this year of those small little winged gnat fuckers. The humidity has not helped the problem.
One of my potted peppers unfortunately has suffered. I'm currently waiting for all my plants to dry out a bit before trying to water with a peroxide mixture. If anyone has other advice for gnats in soil.
For the fungus gnats in the soil apply BTi. This is the bacteria found in mosquito dunks used in ponds etc. it kills the larvae
Do you know where I can get it? I was looking online and the only thing I could find was a bulk price of $190. I searched everywhere for a smaller amount
That looks fun, guy.
These look like Coprinopsis section Lanatule "Rabbit foot inky caps". They're called that because they're covered in white fuzz when they first pop up.
This one I found has about half the fuzz worn off but it's enough to get the picture.
They look more like pleated inky caps (Parasola plicatilis) to me.
It's possible but the ones where we can see the underside appear to be deliquescing to ink which is what makes me think Coprinopsis Lagopus group is more likely. It's difficult to tell for sure without a closeup.
I actually just posted some Parasola this morning.
This has happened to me before. I think the mushroom spores came from store bought soil. That's my guess.
They are all over my garden, and used shared soil so probably. Had a good laugh when I saw this
This is a really good example of how nutrient deficiencies can occur.
If you look at the parsley you can see the cotyledons turning reddish and the true leaves are lime green. This is the beginning of nitrogen deficiency.
What is causing the nitrogen deficiency - the fungus using all available N to break down organic matter in the potting soil.
The solution, add in some more nitrogen to get the plants going and allow the fungus breakdown the organic matter faster. The after a few months when the organic matter is decomposed, the nutrients locked up in the fungus will be released for the plant to use.
Good thread. I saw a bunch of these in my newly planted pots as well and was concerned but decided to ignore and hope for the best. Now I know they're fine
The parsley is doing fine. Nothing wrong going on here.
This is actually good yes
Also they are edible but not very tasty. Have eaten one before. Just absolutely do not ever eat one of them and then drink alcohol. It will severely fuck your organs.
You for sure should not "identify" mushrooms based on pictures on the internet. There is so, so much missing information here.
OP's mushrooms actually aren't the same section as the alcohol inkys you had. Nobody really eats the rabbit foot inkys because they're smaller and have basically no flesh but they don't react with alcohol the same way.
I thought it was hard to tell the difference without a microscope? How could you tell?
It's difficult to tell the difference within a section such as between alcohol inkys C. Atramentaria and C. Striata (slightly pointier).
But the C. Lagopus group is pretty different, they're less than half the size, they're covered in white hairs when they're young, and they have flesh so thin that it turns inside out and transparent as the inside starts to turn to ink like you can see in OPs photo.
Compare to this photo from Wikipedia which shows how C. Atramentaria looks when it's turning to ink (or deliquescing if you're fancy).
Ahhh, thank you fellow mycophile ❤️
Can I drink alcohol before, and then chase it with shrooms?
Definitely not lol
What
Inky caps, it looks like.
They have a compound in them that temporarily disables an enzyme your body's uses in the metabolism of alcohol. Heart palpitation/arrhythmia issues are also a possibility.
They destroy gonads too? Nice
Sounds like some gonads and strife.
not exactly FDA approved is it
The mushroom is edible but if you drink alcohol it makes the alcohol hurt you badly. They are also an indication of good soil
In the 7a/b area and my parsley would be at this stage right about now too, it grows super slow until the back half of the summer into fall usually.
I only grow it for the butterflies though, so ymmv
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