Why are mushrooms growing in my lawn?

Lawn fungi and their mushrooms don’t harm a lawn. They’re actually good guys in the ecosystem of your yard, breaking down organic material into nutrients your lawn can use. A mushroom reproduces through spores, similar to seeds. read more

Long before you see mushrooms appear on your lawn, spores start to grow in decomposing organic matter. This matter may be dead leaves or trees or be found in the soil. As the spores grow, long strands called hyphae appear. Too tiny to see with the naked eye, hyphae from a number of spores then join together. read more