Q: Scattered white mushrooms have appeared in our lawn recently. They seem to be in areas of both sparse grass and lush grass. How can I control them?

In short, you can’t get rid of them (fungicide won’t be effective) and likely don’t need to. The mushrooms are probably one of the many kinds of harmless fungi that live in organic matter within or underneath the lawn. There are three basic categories for mushroom-producing fungi that appear in a lawn, all of which are beneficial: wood decay, mycorrhizal and saprobic.

Wood decay fungi break down old, buried wood in hidden stumps or root fragments left after a tree has been removed. Their mushrooms can continue to appear months or years after the tree was cut down, as long as that food source remains. Since they consume those obstacles to

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