Uhhh, That was a lot of shrooms man...

I spent all of yesterday harvesting the large crop of lawn mower mushrooms, Panaeolus foenisecii (which are not poisonous.. but do contain a small amount of hallucinogenic substance) from the yard probably a full grocery sack full but I split it up into two bags one for each half of the yard.

I hate having them and instantly searched the internet to learn about how I can arradicate them. My guess, from descriptions given is that the 'shrooms are thriving on our thatch from our mulching mower + the unusually humid and wet weather and the frequent waterings. They actually are a sign of a healthy lawn where everything is working the way it's supposed to work. They break down the biowaste and make fantastic soil for the grass to live on. BUT I HATE THEM anyway. There is no real cure for them, all I can do is rake up the thatch, mow more frequently and water less. I guess fertilizer helps too, It supposedly causes the biowaste to break down quicker and makes it easier for the grass to use it instead of the mushrooms.

I suppose I'll be picking them a few more times this season. I've turned off the sprinklers untill the wet weather subsides and I plan on raking small sections of lawn everyday untill the thatch is raked up. All in all, more work! Yippie!

BTW my armpit is still lumpy and itchy I guess harvester ants bite then sting in a circular pattern and they often leave their barbed stinger in the victim. Hooray for me.