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Andrew
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Mushrooms often do not cause a problem in the garden. It could be beneficial to have mushrooms. Very few will attack garden plants, at the same time they help to reduce the stress on your garden plants by connecting the mulch together with their mycelium strands. This seems to effectively widen the reach of your plants’ root systems. Most mushrooms are very beneficial organisms. A large majority of mushrooms are not poisonous. Respect them, they do an extraordinary job. Just don’t eat any that you are not absolutely positive of– and be sure to always cook the ones you do know. Whether the mushrooms you have are edible or not is another matter.