What can i use to kill toadstools in my veggie garden?

[greengarden]

I have a bit of an issue. I have a small vegeeetable garden which I love and which after many years of mixing manures, etc through has started to really provide well for me. Unfortunately our recent wet weather brought out a flush of bright yellow nasty looking toadstools which are driving me insane. If they were just in the regular garden I wouldn't care but they are in amongst my lettuces, etc and I don't know if they are poisonous. I am pulling out upwards of 40 every day and still more come and I can see the myccorhiza all through the soil underneath.

Does anyone know of a product I can spray on the soil which is going to be safe around my vegies? I looked at the nursery today but the only antifungal I could find had a six week with-holding period after use before we could eat the veg, that's almost the whole growing season gone then! I wouldn't min a few days or even a week but that's far too long

[Ordphien]

My grandma used to get rid of them by digging the area up real well and mixing in lime...
But our mushrooms are different than yours do that might not work.

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[greengarden]

Well I've IDed them as Leucocoprinus birnbaumii which are a poisonous species so definately not keen to have them in my veggie garden amongst my lettuces where the kids like to garden They know not to eat them but they could easily grab a handful of lettuce that has one hiding amongst it. hey like to get the lettuce from the garden to make their school lunches...

[gardengirl13]

Oh I see you ID'd them. I was going to suggest that. We get mushrooms when we buy miracle grow potting soil for the houseplants (we now avoid that like the plague) I can see how a spore or two can get in then infest the whole area. We get little grown mushrooms all over due to rains, but nothing poisonous! How poisonous are they? Meaning if it's resting on a lettuce leaf can it make you sick when you eat the lettuce?

I'll see if I can find any info on this.

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OK I found this...

What Is This Thing in My Yard (Garden, House)? [MushroomExpert.Com]

he says no mushroom is so poisonous it'll hurt you just from touching it. So as long as you wash your hand and veggies it should be fine.

BUT he also says there is no way to get rid of them. So I'm not sure what to suggest. To get rid of our indoor mushrooms we dumped all the potting soil out, washed the pot and the roots of the plants and then re-potted and the problem went away. Normally mushrooms are a good sign, meaning your soil is healthy and nice. But poisonous mushrooms, I'd worry too. you can try a fungicide, but I'm not sure how well that will work. I would wait until the season is oven then use a fungicide and then use it again as soon as the bottle says too. See if that works. Plus leave the garden bed open over winter (or summer, whatever you have since you're not in the northern hem.) Don't cover it with anything, like winter crops or mulch. It will not be good for the garden but the sun hitting it and keeping it dry may help keep the fungus down.

[Ray]

Go to your local "wholesale, big lots" store, and buy a large container of cinnamon, and spread it around the garden. Fungi will die.