Mushrooms growing with Foxtail Palm

[agt]

Hi,

I recently noticed my foxtail palm had mushrooms growing with it. What should I do with them? Should I remove them.

[Fusca]

No need to remove them - just an indication of organic matter being decomposed.  Mushrooms attached to the palm trunk is a different matter!

[Funkthulhu]

Looks like typical brown lawn mushrooms (Panaeolina foenisecii ?).  Just means that your wood in your mix is rotting a bit.  Since the mushrooms are up (fruiting) it means the mycelium is already established in that pot.  Probably won't hurt the palm, as they generally only digest dead tissue/wood.  But if you want to prevent spread to other pots just bag and dispose of the mushrooms (ideally before they open) so they won't spread spores.

[PalmX]

Did you use a root hormone with any type of fungi like mycorrhizal? Sometimes those produce mushrooms. 

Damp soil is usually the big catalyst in mushroom growth. Most are harmless. 

[Steve Mac]

My only problem would be getting confused and end up eating a perfectly good foxtail.

[RJ]

I've got quite a bit of fungal growth going on in my potted palms with all the rain we have had recently. 

[Fusca]

12 hours ago, gtsteve said:

My only problem would be getting confused and end up eating a perfectly good foxtail.

[Rickybobby]

Congrats on the awesome palm! No need to touch it

[treelover]

On 5/29/2020 at 9:41 PM, agt said:

if you have any plants in pot that have mushrooms, first clean the mushrooms then take off your plant, then take a egg shell that already you crushed it and dry it in direct sunlight, then mix it with your soil, then plant it again your plant. this works.