New Lawn - toadstools

Hi I have a new lawn (about 4 months old) and it is covered in toadstools/mushrooms. I try to pull them up from the roots, but every day there are more. The general consensus seems to be to leave them alone, but I have two young children and would really like to find a way to get rid of them.

Also the lawn has a couple of bald patches, what is the best way to deal with this?

Many thanks.

 

see my thread below. they're natural and will disappear with regular cutting.

dont worry

 

Bald patches - rake over to break up the surface then seed and cover with net or even some sacking or weed suppressing membrane for a few days until germination.

If the mushroom are normal field variety (like you buy) then they are edible.

 

Who put in the lawn? Was the soil dug over thoroughly before hand? You cannot dig out or pull out toadstools by the roots. they are just the fruiting parts of a large organism that is spread through the soil, the mycellium. This can spread for many yards. I would not be surprised if there was not some dead wood embedded in the soil. The toadstools will be evidence of the fungi feeding on that and will continue until it is broken down. I get them on my bottom lawn where there are lots of trees and bushes and they must be feeding on bits of dead root. Even the action of rotovating or digging over a garden can leave broken tree or shrub roots behind.

 

we get mushrooms near the garden table (wooden) would that mean that the fungii are on the garden table legs rather than in the grass? could that be the same for you reekc?

 

I doubt it. i think you are more likely to have dead wood or dead roots in the ground.