Mushrooms started to grow in this pond basin with my bald cypress. I have kept the soil pretty moist, it was collected about 6 weeks ago. I have read here that as long as it is growing in the soil, it’s a good sign.
Do you tend to remove these after a certain point?
To my knowledge which is limited for mushrooms you are fine with them growing in the soil if you started seeing a baracket meaning growing on the tree itself is one I would start removing it just like you would with moss that moves up the trunk.
Probably not going to hurt the tree… Probably not the symbiotic type the tree wants…
Probably due to the (appearence of) high organic content of the soil you use. Photo looks like manure… with some pummice?
My cypress is in 1:1:1 akadama, pumice, lava. Mostly inorganic. Growing like crazy. I dont keep it in a pond. I do try to keep it damp. Peat moss top dressing and organic fertilizer…
If you dont like them, pluck the mushrooms. Fruiting body of the plant. Note, however 99% of the mycelium is still there. No easy way to kill it that isnt detramental to the tree. Its just digesting the organics. Next repot, try steam steralizing the soil first… pick up a used pressure canner. 10 minutes at pressure. If your bonsai soil was comercial, it might not have been sterilized.
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In the past, I have had truffels growing in my oak forest bonsai… Watching my in ground small oak forest for them… yum…
I think a cypress bonsai with a appropriate sized bracket fungus would be super cool… they only grow on dead wood btw…
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Bonsai On!
