Yellow Mushrooms...

[MichelleRainey]

OK gang this is the third time my 4x4x1 soil bed is not only producing my precious Afghani Bullrider but it is also growing yellow mushrooms. Jef-Tek and I are at our wits end and cannot figure this one out. Nothing else is wrong, just these silly shrooms. Help!

xoxoxoMichy

 

[spyvsspy]

How big are these mushrooms? A while ago I had a few little (1-2 inch) yellowish-white mushrooms pop up in my indoor grow. I could defenitely be wrong but I think i remember reading somewhere that this is actually a good sign that you have a healthy amount of organic material in your soil. Didn't affect my plant at all either, I just plucked them up and went on with my day. weird stuff huh?

 

[Habibi]

spores in the soil is what its from, just remove them, nothing you can do without harming your plants.

what soil mixture are you using?

i plan on using lots of mushroom compost this coming summer, and from what i understand mushrooms dont even sprout up in that stuff if its treated properly at the farm you get it at

 

[Kr@kEn]

It's not a problem necessarily. Just spores in the soil.
But consider this -
Consider using only potting soils, not garden soil.
Not sure if this applies to you but, Potting soils are more appropriate for indoor container gardening and they are usually sterilized. "Garden Soil" is meant for the outdoors and is usually not sterile leading to infestations and infections indoors.

 

[MynameStitch]

Spores in the soil can be a problem; not the mushrooms themselves kraken; but that means he is either having high RH or his soil is staying moist for there growing conditions.......

How often are you watering and how much? What is your RH?

So take this as a sign of trouble that could be worse; high RH or overwatering can contribute to lots of things; so I would take this as a sign something is wrong.

 

[Kr@kEn]

Stich, I didn't say they were a problem. ?

 

[MynameStitch]

I was not addresing that to you silly I was talking about the humidity causing them... Iexplained it wrong I was trying to say the spores themselves don't cause the issues...... sorry I explained it wrong... was not addressing it to you.

 

[cynaut]

Hello everyone, first post here I believe. Long time refuge from somewhere else.. mainly just read.

Firstly Thank you for all the help through the years and the serious awesomeness of the site/Mag in general. Trust.

Now my question is this, I have these little yellow guys popping up in a new girl I received from a friend.

Don't mind the little quartz crystal, I put em in all the gilrs for a lil energy boost ;-).



These two are about an inch or so high and came up overnight?
If i remember my mycology correctly this is the fruit and the mycelium will be well developed by this time.

I have no idea what soil the person i received it from use, but I know they are pretty cheap and sensible when it comes to soil, they don't buy boutique brands etc. They have been playing with chelating and other OG methods as well so who knows whats in the soil.

I found this thread and would love some confirmation that this is what I may have.

I intended to pull a couple clones from this one and then finish her, but now I'm worried about cross contamination.
The plant seems to be thriving even considering she went through a low water stress on delivery. Shes root bound at this point and a bit dry again, but being replanted asap.
I'm wondering if I should even bother and just take the cuts....
What about Spores in my room also ...
I wrapped the base in plastic wrap this morning when I found it.

Thank you to anyone that takes time to assist.

 

[cynaut]

Found it. All is well this is not a good thing but not bad either for a single run through from all I've read this morning.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucocoprinus_birnbaumii

Leucocoprinus birnbaumii (luke-o-kuh-PRY-niss burn-BAUM-eee-eye) is a common mushroom in house plants and greenhouses or any other place with organically rich soil where the temperature is warm .


Yippie!

 

[Green Supreme]

Good thoughts of Michelle. Peace GS

 

[CosmicKitty]

Found it. All is well this is not a good thing but not bad either for a single run through from all I've read this morning.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucocoprinus_birnbaumii

Leucocoprinus birnbaumii (luke-o-kuh-PRY-niss burn-BAUM-eee-eye) is a common mushroom in house plants and greenhouses or any other place with organically rich soil where the temperature is warm .


Yippie!

Healthy soil is supposed to have an army of mycorrhizae and beneficial bacteria. Indoor and outdoor.

http://www.mycorrhiza.net/benefits.htm

I've seen them myself, and thought they were pretty cool and definitely never hurt anything.

Paul Stamets, who wrote "Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World" even had great results with companion planting elm oyster and wine cap mushrooms alongside plants.

http://books.google.com/books?id=qt...nion planting elm oyster paul stamets&f=false

 

[CosmicKitty]

Sorry, can't edit yet but I wanted to add that overwatering could sometimes be the cause of actually having fruiting bodies as MynameStitch mentioned above.

 

[Yekke]

Mushrooms usually mean you'r doing something right when growing organic.
I had all kinds of them, never posed a problem TO THE PLANTS.

If they start popping out all over the spores might be a problem TO YOU as they could be highly allergenic.
If its just a few I wouldn't worry about it. At most take pictures of the mushrooms as they can be pretty cute.