# I have mushrooms **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 13, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977 "2023-05-13T05:20:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977/21 "2023-05-13T17:51:53Z")
I get puff balls, too. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977/22 "2023-05-13T17:57:22Z")
When I was in college, I lived in an apartment that had a leak under the kitchen sink. It went unnoticed for some time, and water was trickling out and running along the baseboard into the living room. We only noticed it when we found mushrooms sprouting from the carpet! I have no idea how mushroom spores got into the living room carpet. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977/23 "2023-05-13T18:39:12Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I get puff balls, too Yes! My gf found a beautiful puff ball that made us several meals. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977/24 "2023-05-13T19:00:57Z")
> [@saje](#): > > They have a very short life span (on the surface, anyway). What’s wrong with just leaving them? Yup. And the underground mycelium is a beneficial part of soil life. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977/25 "2023-05-13T21:47:40Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Seconded. Suppressing the “OMG what is that? Kill it!” reflex can actually make you a happier person. My post is my cite. I’d say your name is your cite. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977/26 "2023-05-13T22:09:34Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Mushroom people call those LBM (little brown mushrooms). Very unexciting, no real use. Well…[limited uses perhaps](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybe_cyanescens#/media/File:2012-12-05_Psilocybe_cyanescens_Wakef_290262.jpg), but [some uses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybe_cyanescens#Indole_content) 🙂. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977/27 "2023-05-14T04:38:33Z")
Mushrooms are good - they break down organic matter and show that you have healthy soil. > **[Why Have All These Mushrooms Appeared on My Lawn? | Best Lawn Care Company in...](https://lawnsavers.com/blog/why-have-all-these-mushrooms-appeared-on-my-lawn/)** > > When you live in Ontario, dealing with mushrooms in your lawn can be frustrating. Award winning, Lawnsavers, can help with this and other lawn care issues. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977/28 "2023-05-14T06:24:40Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > We only noticed it when we found mushrooms sprouting from the carpet! I have no idea how mushroom spores got into the living room carpet. Something similar happened to me in a previous rental. … and the spores are airborne, and can float very long distances. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977/29 "2023-05-14T11:34:03Z")
I came here thinking this thread was about the new Magic Mushroom shops that are cropping up here in Ontario. They just opened one in my city, the owner admitting while not entirely technically legal, they’ve only been cited in many cities but, so far, no one has taken them to court over it. I found that surprising. Meanwhile, deafening silence from city hall or local police. What a time to be alive! ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977/30 "2023-05-14T12:12:44Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I get puff balls, too. > [@kayaker](#): > > Yes! My gf found a beautiful puff ball that made us several meals. Despite being even easier to ID than morels, and seeing a few in our yard over the years, one almost soccer ball sized, I’ve been leery of harvesting and eating them for whatever reason. How do they taste- are they “mushroomy tasting”? What’s a good way to prepare them? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977/31 "2023-05-14T12:47:25Z")
I think mushroom spores are everywhere. It’s just a question of where the growing conditions are right. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977/32 "2023-05-14T12:49:24Z")
Those don’t look like the mushrooms in my lawn. I get at least three species (a little brown one, a large white one, and puffballs) but nothing like those. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977/33 "2023-05-14T12:58:03Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’ve grown mushrooms, both culinary and psychedelic. They need ann extremely specific microclimate as far as humidity, temperature, sunlight, etc. You’ve just hit the goldmine. Yup, psilocybin shrooms require surgical operating-room type cleanliness. Contamination is extremely easy. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977/34 "2023-05-14T14:02:17Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > I have no idea how mushroom spores got into the living room carpet. All sorts of ways, but one of my guesses would be the bottom of your shoes. Would be very easy to track them inside. You wouldn’t know unless, of course, unless where they land turns into conditions to promote their growth. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977/35 "2023-05-14T14:23:37Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > When I was in college, I lived in an apartment that had a leak under the kitchen sink. It went unnoticed for some time, and water was trickling out and running along the baseboard into the living room. We only noticed it when we found mushrooms sprouting from the carpet! I have no idea how mushroom spores got into the living room carpet. We had a similar event years ago in a rental home, due to a toilet malfunction. No idea what genius decided to carpet the bathroom. The OP’s mushrooms should degenerate and die within a short time, or could be raked up if their appearance is offensive (or if there’s a perceived hazard to unattended children or dumb pets). ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977/36 "2023-05-14T15:04:50Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Yup, psilocybin shrooms require surgical operating-room type cleanliness. Ironic given that out “in the wild” they are usually found growing in literal cow shit. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977/37 "2023-05-14T15:06:33Z")
Yes but that’s because only a tiny percentage of the spores (maybe 1%?) grow to full fruition in the wild. The rest are out-competed by wild mold, etc. Whereas in an indoors environment, the shroom-grower is aiming for something like a 100% growth rate with no mold contamination. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977/38 "2023-05-14T15:09:10Z")
I’ve grown psilocybin mushrooms in a sweater box with great success. I’ve also grown oyster mushrooms outside in a straw filled laundry basket nestled under a huge rhododendron. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977/39 "2023-08-09T17:58:45Z")
Be careful: > **[Four relatives came to lunch. Three died with symptoms of 'death cap'...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/09/australia/australia-poison-mushroom-meal-intl-hnk/index.html)** > > A meal of suspected death cap mushrooms served at a family lunch in late July is at the center of a homicide investigation in Australia following the deaths of three guests less than a week later. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977/40 "2023-08-09T19:52:55Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Be careful Yeah, unfortunately the death cap (Amanita phalloides) and coccora/coccoli mushrooms (including A. calyptroderma and A. vernicoccora) are very similar-looking. All purportedly taste great, the first one will kill you. Which is particularly insidious as most nasty, poisonous things at least have the good grace to be bitter or otherwise unpleasant. Not the death cap - it’s sends you off to your grave with a tasty final meal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-mushrooms/983977.md?page=3)