Tag Archives: Mushrooms

Mushrooms are fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus. They are typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source.

Mushrooms on lawns

They appear commonly on lawns. It is rare that they are a problem. They are decomposing organic matter in the soil. Often they are a sign there is a lot of biological activity under the surface of the lawn, which is a good thing.

Find out more about these fascinating organisms in these blog pages.

Question: Mushrooms on my lawn?

A cluster of small mushrooms growing on a lawn

I received this question in January 2019 as a comment on my blog page “Why is there mushrooms growing on my lawn?”. I though I would expand on it a little. Hi Kris,About two years ago we had an old Flowering Cherry tree on our front lawn cut down. Later that year the tree stump ground out, all… Read More »

Yellow club fungus (Clavulinopsis helvola)

Yellow club fungus is a species of coral fungus in the Clavariaceae family. The latin name for the species is Clavulinopsis helvola. The generic name Clavaria comes from the Latin Clava, meaning a club and helvola means pale yellow. It is literally a ‘pale yellow club’. Club fungus will grow to a a similar height to mown grass, so can be overlooked easily.… Read More »

White spindles fungus (Clavaria fragilis)

White spindles fungus is a species of fungus in the Clavariaceae family. The latin name for the species is clavaria fragilis. The generic name Clavaria comes from the Latin clava, meaning a club and fragilis means fragile, so it is literally a ‘fragile club’. It is so named as it is very brittle, and the white spindles snap easily. Club fungus grows a similar… Read More »