#plantpot dapperling

[moomeecore]

some mushrooms 🍄

[kerynw]

"What's this yellow mushroom in my plant??"

This is a frequent question wherever houseplant folks post, especially during the warm summer months, usually accompanied by pictures and a touch of panic.

The pictures posted look something like this:

This is a Leucocoprinus birnbaumii fruiting body, a mushroom called the Plantpot Dapperling and Flower Pot Parasol, among other common names. It's about halfway open and is growing in the extra large pot that holds a tall citrus plant that has been struggling all year due to over-watering. This is probably why the mushrooms are doing so well! Luckily for me, the plant is also putting out new growth, so I think I've saved it. Since the plant is almost 20 years old and grown from seed, that's a huge relief!

At any rate, the mushrooms themselves aren't dangerous to the plants, they are saprophytes and eat decaying organic matter in the soil, but they CAN indicate that the container is perhaps a bit more moist than it should be. The fruiting bodies are toxic, of the "make you sick" variety rather than the "that will kill you" sort, so I pick the actual 'shrooms out of my plants and dispose of them where the cat can't investigate.

[the-diary-of-vivienne]

[shroomlings]

pazithigallifreya said: My rosemary pot grew a friend, if it’s poisonous is it going to render my rosemary I inedible or will washing the rosemary before use be enough?

Eeeeep! A PLANTPOT DAPPERLING ( Leucocoprinus birnbaumii ), and what a pretty one! They turn yellow as the mature; yours has got the typical bit of yellow at the top already. It’s rather huge actually, I’ve never seen such a big one. It’s usually not found in the wild but in greenhouse situations and with potted plants.

The edibility is unknown, unfortunately, but don’t worry. No mushroom growing in a flower pot will harm the edibility of the plant that is grown in the pot. I’d suggest washing the plucked rosemary just to be safe.

If you want to get rid of mushrooms in flower pot soil, here’s a good suggestion: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/hpgen/getting-rid-of-mushrooms-growing-in-houseplant-soil.htm

[uglymelon]

Is this cottagecore? Am I doing it?

[the-diary-of-vivienne]

[libutron]

Leucocoprinus birnbaumii | ©Ray Hempel    (McMinns Lagoon, Northern Territory, Australia)

Leucocoprinus birnbaumii (Agaricaceae) is an attractive, brightly coloured tropical and subtropical mushroom that grows in rich soils. First described by the Czech mycologist August Corda in 1839, it is perhaps best known for its spontaneous appearance in indoor plant pots and greenhouses throughout the world, hence its common name Plantpot dapperling. In fact, L. birnbaumii was first discovered growing on and between pineapple plants in a German earl’s garden. 

Plantpot dapperling is poisonous, but people and pets rarely try to eat it – it is possible its bright colour provides an instinctive warning. Its yellow pigments are due to chemicals called novel alkaloids, birnbaumins A and B. Although alkaloids are often toxic, it is not known if birnaumins are the active poisons in this mushroom.

Plantpot dapperling is poisonous, but people and pets rarely try to eat it – it is possible its bright colour provides an instinctive warning. Its yellow pigments are due to chemicals called novel alkaloids, birnbaumins A and B. Although alkaloids are often toxic, it is not known if birnaumins are the active poisons in this mushroom.

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[connie-awanderingsoul]

I got a little surprise today. A plantpot dapperling (Leucocoprinus birnbaumii)sprouted in my jasmin plant pot.