Their appearance can therefore be a reminder that even a carefully maintained lawn is still a living environment.
- Mushrooms May Appear After a Change in Weather
Weather can have a dramatic influence on fungal activity.
A stretch of dry conditions may keep mushrooms hidden.
Then several days of rain arrive, temperatures remain favorable, and suddenly mushrooms seem to appear overnight.
They probably didn’t literally grow from
nothing overnight.
The underground fungal organism was already there. The change
in environmental conditions simply triggered the production of visible fruiting bodies.
This is why mushroom outbreaks can sometimes seem incredibly sudden.
- Repeated Mushroom Rings May Have a Specific Cause
If you’ve ever noticed mushrooms arranged in a rough circle, you may have encountered what is commonly called a fairy ring.
Fairy rings occur when certain fungi grow outward through the soil.
