Re: Mushrooms?

From: Rand Nicholson (writserv@nbnet.nb.ca)
Date: Wed Jan 22 1997 - 05:09:29 PST


Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 09:09:29 -0400
From: Rand Nicholson <writserv@nbnet.nb.ca>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg316$foo@default>
Subject: Re: Mushrooms?


>> All,
>> The chopped spaghnum in which I'm growing my Darlingtonia seedlings
>>developed
>> mushrooms yesterday. These mushrooms are extremely tiny (1-2cm) and
>>there are
>> many of them. They are cream in color. Any ideas of what they are?
>> Will this hurt the Darlingtonia? They look kind of cute, actually...
>
>Hi Cindy,
>
> Yes, that fungus *can* harm your plants. I have them coming
>up in my Nepenthes terrariums, and lately, in the Drosera terrarium.
>It nearly killed a P. rosie (but it's not a P.moranenis, so I have
>no clue as to it's true ID). To stop it from finishing off the Ping,
(snip)
>but it is still great for rooting them. For other pots, I changed
>the conditions to more reflect the plants' and the Sphagnum's natural
>humidity and watering.
>
>
>Dave Evans
>
>P.S.
>Generally, a couple mushrooms popping up here and there is OK, just
>keep an eye on the plants near by. A whole pot full in the moss
>and around Darlingtonia is bad.

If you have mushrooms (toadstools) growing in your chopped sphagnum _ In my
experience, it is a sign that you should replace your growing medium.

Rand



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