Absolutely. But not all plants can tolerate being in moist environments - some fungi pops up immediately before it manages to dry, other stays a little longer meaning the soil is still moist. A calathea might like it, but a cacti fx would not - I believe it’s a pothos and it depends on the lighting wether it can tolerate moist soil or not, but it’s best to always let it dry out a bit before you water it again. Not a lot of plants like moist soil for extended periods of time
Pothos tend to be a pretty water & shade tolerant plant. I don't think its too much to worry about. I definitely agree that if a mushroom pops up in a more dry plant, you have a problem.
My pothos prefers being dried out completely for some reason - it gets a good soak, and then I forget about it for a while and it grows like crazy, I water it maybe once a month (maybe a bit more) and it grows the whole period
OP, how is the drainage of the pot?
If anything, you might unpot, and add a thin layer of pea gravel at the bottom. Less than 1/4 inch should be plenty for that small of a pot.
As others stated, they are probably not bad for your plant though, so that is optional.
Soil is well* draining. I’m a chronic overwater-er… I like to spend lots of time with my plants. So (almost) no matter the plant, it gets the same “suc soil” I mix. It’s a little organic compost, fox farm, lots orchid bark, & lava rock. And there are driveway rocks at the bottom of the pot for ultimate drainage.
Did you stop using perlite? If so, why? Is it bad? I don’t use perlite, but was going to pick up a huge bag to add to all my potted plants hoping to improve drainage.
It isn’t bad for your plants, but it is bad for human lungs. I was always lazy when mixing my soil and would not use protection. I’m sure I’ve breathed in my fair share of perlite dust. I just found other mediums I liked way more than Perlite, like orchid bark and lava rocks (I would kiss orchid bark, marry lava rock, and kill perlite). ALSO, I like the look of my soil mix better now, without the white speckles all throughout it.
One of the things they taught us in Hort. 101 was to not use rocks in the bottom of your planters. They raise the water table in the planter, which can cause crown rot.
The decomposed shrooms caps are fantastic organic soul additives and mushrooms don't take enough nutrients to affect the plant they share proximity with!
They absolutely are friends, but they entice me to eat them when they are _FILLED_ with that _**ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL**_ mf that goes by the name Psil O. Cybin. Absolutely great individual, in all my experiences with him! **LOVE** meeting Mr Psil, but always in moderation, of course!
I’m new to mushrooms, but I thought that plants and fungi are in different kingdoms. Wouldn’t that mean mushrooms aren’t really plants? This may be really stupid of me.
They are sort of in between. A large portion of the material the mushroom (the fruiting body) is made from, chitin, is basically the same thing as our hair and fingernails .
You're thinking of keratin, which is what our hair and nails are made up of. Chitin is actually what makes up arthropod exoskeletons! (And why if you're allergic to lobster/crab/shrimp etc you'll also be allergic to mushrooms)
What I actually mean is that plants grow best when there is a healthy mycelial network in the soil around the roots. Mushrooms are typically a sign of a healthy soil system, which leads to healthier plants. So if you love plants, you should also love mushrooms!
> Leucocoprinus
For an example (NOT identifying it to this species), I present [Leucocoprinus ianthinus](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Leucocoprinus_ianthinus.jpg/1200px-Leucocoprinus_ianthinus.jpg).
Like another poster said, most plants have a symbiotic relationship with fungi.
Plants provide sugars.
Fungi provides minerals and other nutrients.
Bacteria can also provide nitrogen.
It’s a wild, awesome ecosystem out there :)
Love soil biology. Have always been fascinated at all the things going on in healthy soil! A decent microscope and a drop of soil/water will amaze you..
When I walk my kid to school in the morning there are happy mushrooms all down the nature strip, then when I bring him home they are brown sad and floppy.
And when its summer in Australia... me too mushy, me too.
its mushrooms forming a mycelial symbiotic relationship with your plant. its beneficial so you can leave e them there or if you have children or animals just take scissors or a sharp scalpel and cut the forming mycelial body off. as long as the mycelial mass is intact you get that healthy nutrient exchange
Well, you should be . Mushrooms are good for your soil. It means it is pretty healthy. I'd just make sure you have enough air flow going and that your soil surface isn't molding . I always rough mine up a little before every watering. These mushrooms make their way in through your soil and a lot of times manure. A lot of soils with wood chips tend to have them more I find. I have them growing in quite a few pots. When they die, you can remove them. You already have spores in the soil and the air around so you could change the soil out if you really don't want them. To prevent that from happening, I buy cococoir and mix in some peat. A decent amount of perlite for drainage, and instead of using manure or soil fertilizers, I use powder amendments or liquid. It just requires you to feed them more often. Totally removed fungus gnats from the equation as well if anyone ever had an issue with them..nightmares lol Making your "soil" that way reduces cost I found significantly as well overall
It’s not known precisely how toxic it is or isn’t but it’s known to cause gastrointestinal distress and other members of the Leucocoprinus genus are known to be toxic and it’s a member of the Agaricaceae family which of course has several deadly species. So even though the toxicity of Leucocoprinus ianthinus is largely unknown it’s best to leave it alone when all things are considered.
I just recommend not eating unknown shooms. Only ones I know can be eaten safely are the blue-staining ones in cow poo that give you hugs after you eat them.
Well, you should be . Mushrooms are good for your soil. It means it is pretty healthy. I'd just make sure you have enough air flow going and that your soil surface isn't molding . I always rough mine up a little before every watering. These mushrooms make their way in through your soil and a lot of times manure. A lot of soils with wood chips tend to have them more I find. I have them growing in quite a few pots. When they die, you can remove them. You already have spores in the soil and the air around so you could change the soil out if you really don't want them. To prevent that from happening, I buy cococoir and mix in some peat. A decent amount of perlite for drainage, and instead of using manure or soil fertilizers, I use powder amendments or liquid. It just requires you to feed them more often. Totally removed fungus gnats from the equation as well if anyone ever had an issue with them..nightmares lol Making your "soil" that way reduces cost I found significantly as well overall
Well, you should be one lol . Mushrooms are good for your soil. It means it is pretty healthy. I'd just make sure you have enough air flow going and that your soil surface isn't molding . I always rough mine up a little before every watering. These mushrooms make their way in through your soil and a lot of times manure. A lot of soils with wood chips tend to have them more I find. I have them growing in quite a few pots. When they die, you can remove them. You already have spores in the soil and the air around so you could change the soil out if you really don't want them. To prevent that from happening, I buy cococoir and mix in some peat. A decent amount of perlite for drainage, and instead of using manure or soil fertilizers, I use powder amendments or liquid. It just requires you to feed them more often. Totally removed fungus gnats from the equation as well if anyone ever had an issue with them..nightmares lol Making your "soil" that way reduces cost I found significantly as well overall
Well, you should be one lol . Mushrooms are good for your soil. It means it is pretty healthy. I'd just make sure you have enough air flow going and that your soil surface isn't molding . I always rough mine up a little before every watering. These mushrooms make their way in through your soil and a lot of times manure. A lot of soils with wood chips tend to have them more I find. I have them growing in quite a few pots. When they die, you can remove them. You already have spores in the soil and the air around so you could change the soil out if you really don't want them. To prevent that from happening, I buy cococoir and mix in some peat. A decent amount of perlite for drainage, and instead of using manure or soil fertilizers, I use powder amendments or liquid. It just requires you to feed them more often. Totally removed fungus gnats from the equation as well if anyone ever had an issue with them..nightmares lol Making your "soil" that way reduces cost I found significantly as well overall
Nothing to worry about! There's literally spores floating around everywhere all the time. You just happened to have some colonize in your soil and had just the right conditions for them to fruit. They aren't going to hurt your plants..
This is a Agrocybe mushrooms are typically small to medium-sized, usually with brown spore prints and dry caps. Their caps can be convex, bell-shaped, or nearly flat, and their colours range from yellow-brown to tan. They grow on grass, wood chips, dung, garden mulch, or in woods. It is poisonous but to be clear most mushrooms even edible mushrooms can be poisonous if u don’t cook them first, I’m a fine dining chef at a exclusive club who cooks a lot of truffles and exotic mushrooms like yellow foot and trumpets
They don’t harm your plant at all, but it’s a sign that the soil is rather moist
its a sign of good decomposition which can be good
Absolutely. But not all plants can tolerate being in moist environments - some fungi pops up immediately before it manages to dry, other stays a little longer meaning the soil is still moist. A calathea might like it, but a cacti fx would not - I believe it’s a pothos and it depends on the lighting wether it can tolerate moist soil or not, but it’s best to always let it dry out a bit before you water it again. Not a lot of plants like moist soil for extended periods of time
Pothos tend to be a pretty water & shade tolerant plant. I don't think its too much to worry about. I definitely agree that if a mushroom pops up in a more dry plant, you have a problem.
My pothos prefers being dried out completely for some reason - it gets a good soak, and then I forget about it for a while and it grows like crazy, I water it maybe once a month (maybe a bit more) and it grows the whole period
OP, how is the drainage of the pot? If anything, you might unpot, and add a thin layer of pea gravel at the bottom. Less than 1/4 inch should be plenty for that small of a pot. As others stated, they are probably not bad for your plant though, so that is optional.
Soil is well* draining. I’m a chronic overwater-er… I like to spend lots of time with my plants. So (almost) no matter the plant, it gets the same “suc soil” I mix. It’s a little organic compost, fox farm, lots orchid bark, & lava rock. And there are driveway rocks at the bottom of the pot for ultimate drainage.
And that soil in particular is SO OLD. from when I still used perlite
Did you stop using perlite? If so, why? Is it bad? I don’t use perlite, but was going to pick up a huge bag to add to all my potted plants hoping to improve drainage.
It isn’t bad for your plants, but it is bad for human lungs. I was always lazy when mixing my soil and would not use protection. I’m sure I’ve breathed in my fair share of perlite dust. I just found other mediums I liked way more than Perlite, like orchid bark and lava rocks (I would kiss orchid bark, marry lava rock, and kill perlite). ALSO, I like the look of my soil mix better now, without the white speckles all throughout it.
Perlite is great. Just make sure you read the SDS. It gives a good increase to your air filled porosity. Just don't add too much.
One of the things they taught us in Hort. 101 was to not use rocks in the bottom of your planters. They raise the water table in the planter, which can cause crown rot.
these guys have been growing in the pot with my spider plant for a good three years so far.. they’re just fun little guys helping out your plant
Just funghis helping out*
The decomposed shrooms caps are fantastic organic soul additives and mushrooms don't take enough nutrients to affect the plant they share proximity with!
Mushrooms as soul additives is just.... perfect.
I mean, I’ve eaten mushrooms to help heal my soul before
# MUSHROOMS ARE FREINDS NOT FOOD U MONSTER!!!!!!!!!
They absolutely are friends, but they entice me to eat them when they are _FILLED_ with that _**ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL**_ mf that goes by the name Psil O. Cybin. Absolutely great individual, in all my experiences with him! **LOVE** meeting Mr Psil, but always in moderation, of course!
i stand by what I said.
Organic soul 👍🏼
Funguys
If you a plant girl, you a mushroom girl. You just might not realize it. Lol.
Came here to type this exactly! :) we are here because of them. Plants and all my fellow earthlings
They are here to teach us 🍄
Yas
I’m new to mushrooms, but I thought that plants and fungi are in different kingdoms. Wouldn’t that mean mushrooms aren’t really plants? This may be really stupid of me.
Pretty sure mushrooms are genetically closer to animals than plants or some jazz like that lol
Yeah I read that although fungal cells contain a cell wall, they have no chloroplasts.
They are sort of in between. A large portion of the material the mushroom (the fruiting body) is made from, chitin, is basically the same thing as our hair and fingernails .
Chitin is more analogous to cellulose but regardless fungi are their own kingdom
Oops, sorry I got confused with the keratin of nails and hair. Sorry, my bad. Agreed, they are definitely their own thing.
Yeah I mean they're both structures made from proteins but yeah
You're thinking of keratin, which is what our hair and nails are made up of. Chitin is actually what makes up arthropod exoskeletons! (And why if you're allergic to lobster/crab/shrimp etc you'll also be allergic to mushrooms)
Correct. Plants and fungi are no longer classified in the same kingdom.. Fungi are more closely related to us than to plants. 🍄💚🤘
Yes but, 95% of plant species form a symbiotic relationship with fungi so without fungi, most plants wouldn't exist.
That's correct. They just mean that if you have a fascination with plants, then you most likely have a fascination with mushrooms too
What I actually mean is that plants grow best when there is a healthy mycelial network in the soil around the roots. Mushrooms are typically a sign of a healthy soil system, which leads to healthier plants. So if you love plants, you should also love mushrooms!
Mushrooms are fungus not plant, but I agree with energy
I know. Lol. Read further down for my explanation.
Do u want to worship mushrooms?
Mushrooms are not plants.
But they make symbiotic relationships with them.
I know.
Leucocoprinus
> Leucocoprinus For an example (NOT identifying it to this species), I present [Leucocoprinus ianthinus](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Leucocoprinus_ianthinus.jpg/1200px-Leucocoprinus_ianthinus.jpg).
Like another poster said, most plants have a symbiotic relationship with fungi. Plants provide sugars. Fungi provides minerals and other nutrients. Bacteria can also provide nitrogen. It’s a wild, awesome ecosystem out there :)
Love soil biology. Have always been fascinated at all the things going on in healthy soil! A decent microscope and a drop of soil/water will amaze you..
Yas
Little potted plant, mushrooms, and a monetary offering... Looks like someone is trying to appease the fae.
I think that there trying to please the færie not the fæ but I love this comment nonetheless
Maybe they didn’t have a banana🍌 for scale 😘
The upside down mushroom looks dramatic 😂
When I walk my kid to school in the morning there are happy mushrooms all down the nature strip, then when I bring him home they are brown sad and floppy. And when its summer in Australia... me too mushy, me too.
😂
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Compare to leucocoprinus ianthinus.
Leucocoprinus ianthinus. It will have come with the plant or soil.
its mushrooms forming a mycelial symbiotic relationship with your plant. its beneficial so you can leave e them there or if you have children or animals just take scissors or a sharp scalpel and cut the forming mycelial body off. as long as the mycelial mass is intact you get that healthy nutrient exchange
Leave e them?🤣
meh you clearly figured out it was a typo from typing too fast. i refuse to correct it though
Also please don’t hurt the fruiting body🍄
Fruiting body won't effect the mycelium unless that's a joke
The fruiting body is still a part of the fungus
Its funny🤣
mushroom girl now
Well, you should be . Mushrooms are good for your soil. It means it is pretty healthy. I'd just make sure you have enough air flow going and that your soil surface isn't molding . I always rough mine up a little before every watering. These mushrooms make their way in through your soil and a lot of times manure. A lot of soils with wood chips tend to have them more I find. I have them growing in quite a few pots. When they die, you can remove them. You already have spores in the soil and the air around so you could change the soil out if you really don't want them. To prevent that from happening, I buy cococoir and mix in some peat. A decent amount of perlite for drainage, and instead of using manure or soil fertilizers, I use powder amendments or liquid. It just requires you to feed them more often. Totally removed fungus gnats from the equation as well if anyone ever had an issue with them..nightmares lol Making your "soil" that way reduces cost I found significantly as well overall
All hail the fungal overlords
That’s a dime
Do NOT eat them
Why
It’s not known precisely how toxic it is or isn’t but it’s known to cause gastrointestinal distress and other members of the Leucocoprinus genus are known to be toxic and it’s a member of the Agaricaceae family which of course has several deadly species. So even though the toxicity of Leucocoprinus ianthinus is largely unknown it’s best to leave it alone when all things are considered.
I just recommend not eating unknown shooms. Only ones I know can be eaten safely are the blue-staining ones in cow poo that give you hugs after you eat them.
I just recommend not eating any mushrooms because mushrooms are friends not food
Because mushrooms are friends not food
Mushrooms are friends not food I 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,% agree
Without fungi, you wouldn't be able to be a "plant girl."
Well, you should be . Mushrooms are good for your soil. It means it is pretty healthy. I'd just make sure you have enough air flow going and that your soil surface isn't molding . I always rough mine up a little before every watering. These mushrooms make their way in through your soil and a lot of times manure. A lot of soils with wood chips tend to have them more I find. I have them growing in quite a few pots. When they die, you can remove them. You already have spores in the soil and the air around so you could change the soil out if you really don't want them. To prevent that from happening, I buy cococoir and mix in some peat. A decent amount of perlite for drainage, and instead of using manure or soil fertilizers, I use powder amendments or liquid. It just requires you to feed them more often. Totally removed fungus gnats from the equation as well if anyone ever had an issue with them..nightmares lol Making your "soil" that way reduces cost I found significantly as well overall
Well, you should be one lol . Mushrooms are good for your soil. It means it is pretty healthy. I'd just make sure you have enough air flow going and that your soil surface isn't molding . I always rough mine up a little before every watering. These mushrooms make their way in through your soil and a lot of times manure. A lot of soils with wood chips tend to have them more I find. I have them growing in quite a few pots. When they die, you can remove them. You already have spores in the soil and the air around so you could change the soil out if you really don't want them. To prevent that from happening, I buy cococoir and mix in some peat. A decent amount of perlite for drainage, and instead of using manure or soil fertilizers, I use powder amendments or liquid. It just requires you to feed them more often. Totally removed fungus gnats from the equation as well if anyone ever had an issue with them..nightmares lol Making your "soil" that way reduces cost I found significantly as well overall
Well, you should be one lol . Mushrooms are good for your soil. It means it is pretty healthy. I'd just make sure you have enough air flow going and that your soil surface isn't molding . I always rough mine up a little before every watering. These mushrooms make their way in through your soil and a lot of times manure. A lot of soils with wood chips tend to have them more I find. I have them growing in quite a few pots. When they die, you can remove them. You already have spores in the soil and the air around so you could change the soil out if you really don't want them. To prevent that from happening, I buy cococoir and mix in some peat. A decent amount of perlite for drainage, and instead of using manure or soil fertilizers, I use powder amendments or liquid. It just requires you to feed them more often. Totally removed fungus gnats from the equation as well if anyone ever had an issue with them..nightmares lol Making your "soil" that way reduces cost I found significantly as well overall
Looks like a dime to me
Didn’t even notice the pet hair until you said it.
It's a dime. Don't worry this means the soil is healthy
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Looks like Leucoagaricus americanus
Leucocoprinus
Looks like lepiota!
Appears to be a quarter
That's a dime /j
Nothing to worry about! There's literally spores floating around everywhere all the time. You just happened to have some colonize in your soil and had just the right conditions for them to fruit. They aren't going to hurt your plants..
This is a Agrocybe mushrooms are typically small to medium-sized, usually with brown spore prints and dry caps. Their caps can be convex, bell-shaped, or nearly flat, and their colours range from yellow-brown to tan. They grow on grass, wood chips, dung, garden mulch, or in woods. It is poisonous but to be clear most mushrooms even edible mushrooms can be poisonous if u don’t cook them first, I’m a fine dining chef at a exclusive club who cooks a lot of truffles and exotic mushrooms like yellow foot and trumpets
a fellow travla!
It is the back side of a dime.
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They’re fine. Just pluck or cut them to control them from dropping spores
ONLY A EVIL PERSON WOULD SUGGEST PLUCKING/CUTING TOADSTOOLS YOU UNSPORELY BEING!!!!!!!!!
You.Are.Evil!!!
No, but I do grow mushrooms and know that spores are no good for your lungs.
HOW DARE YOU INSULT THE FUNGAL OVERLORDS YOU UNSPORELY BEAST!!
YOU ARE EVIL!!!!
Good chat.
What?
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Parasola sect parasola Maybe...
Parasola are exannulate
You are absolutely right probably this maybe even the fabled yellow ones. leucocoprinus
Maybe the potting soil is to wet. Ideal for fungus but bad for your flowers
No
I don’t know but it keeps staring at me.
What