The soil in a garden is teeming with fungi and their spores. However, gardeners can’t see them and most of the time the spores are dormant just waiting until all the conditions are right for them to ...

Toadstools appear on lawns due to the soil environment like organic debris under the lawn or active spores waiting for the correct conditions. Some people find toadstools attractive on their lawns ...

If mushrooms or toadstools have suddenly appeared up in your yard, you are probably wondering why, and what you can do about them. Mushrooms, toadstools and other fungi reproduce not by seeds, but by ...

1 Clean out the rain gutters now to prevent problems later. Autumn leaves can plug the gutters and drains, causing leaks in the roof and damaging interior walls. You’ll need a ladder to get up and ...

Q.: A circle of dead grass appeared in my yard four or five years ago and by fall, it had filled in with toadstools. These circles have multiplied and now number five. What causes these and what can I ...

Those dark green circles, arcs of wilted grass, or rings of toadstools appearing in your lawn this summer are fairy rings, ...

Editors note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension Educator for Agriculture & Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening questions submitted by Dispatch readers.

If the sorts of mushrooms found in domestic lawns were always safe to eat, there's no doubt that many gardeners would be delighted to let them flourish. But the truth is that "mysterious and ...

Question: Mushrooms have popped up all over my property in the past month. Are they a problem? How do I get rid/discourage them? What are the odds that they are poisonous? Answer: Every year, autumn ...