First time grower posing possibly a stupid question.
Having started a few different plants due to the passion of my girlfriend in growing I’ve noticed that 3 of my chilli plants have mushrooms starting to grow. None of the other plants (tomatoes, courgettes, cucumber, basil) have this even though they’ve used the same compost.
Firstly I’m wondering if anyone would know why and secondly if I should remove them?
Growing indoors at the moment at a minimum of 20oC in southern uk.
These are naga red, habanero burkina yellow and hot lemon if that helps.
3rd picture is my chocolate habanero which has no mushrooms but I’m just super happy with it!
Any support welcome
by Yinn2
2 Comments
Mushrooms popping up is a sign- You have good dirt!
You have good quality, moist soil. That “good quality” part includes some bacteria and mushroom spores. Always a good sign to see them pop up.
You can pluck them, or try to figure out what they are. There are a bunch of mushroom ID subs, but they can get prickly if you don’t photograph it “correctly”. For a good ID, take a pic of where it’s growing, then pick one and try to get a shot of the underside / up the skirt so to speak. And include size, and your general location
Those are parasola fungi. At least from what I can tell. I am no expert so don’t take my word. If you want a proper identification go to the r/mushroomID.
But I had some of them myself and generally they don’t do anything unless you eat them.
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