Couple of 'shrooms!

[rodduz]

Hi,

In one of my growbags I have planted some basil, it's yet to sprout properly! It's been a few weeks. There are 2 mushrooms growing in there though?! How has that happened?

[mothhawk]

If they are definitely mushrooms then it could be that the gro-bag's ingredients include spent mushroom compost from a mushroom farm.

[rodduz]

I think they were, looked like a mushroom! Brown, quite thin and with a mushroom bit on top :-)

They'er gone now, so don't know if a bird ate them or something!?

[veggiechicken]

Don't ever be tempted to eat them, rodduz.
Those little brown jobs grow on rotting wood and vegetation, they're part of the decomposition cycle. Not unusual to find them in compost.

[rodduz]

Haha, no danger of that! Can't stand mushrooms!

[Potstubsdustbins]

Could be your compost is to wet, this encourages fungal growth.

[Mikey]

I love shrooms, but will only eat what I can identify without any risk, and little brown ones in my compost don't fall into this category.