Mushrooms! Many Types, Random Locations

[DerbyDad03]

So who knows what about mushrooms?

Over past couple of weeks we've had quite a bit of rain. Recently, as I loo k in my backyard and in yards around the neighborhood, I see various types of mushrooms popping up in random locations.

Under my picnic table I had a small grouping of very pretty mushrooms with small, bright yellow tops. Under my deck overhang I had 2 big mushrooms, gr eyish, with huge hollow domed tops. A couple of houses down, my neighbor ha d a few mushrooms with perfectly flat tops. They looked like little tables.

So why the randomness of occurrence, both in type and location? I assume th at the spores can be carried by the wind or perhaps by animals, but I wonde r why there would be different varieties and either a very small grouping o r even just one or two. In other words, if I've got a couple of different t ypes in my yard, which is boxed in by wooden fences, the house, etc. why do n't I see the same type in adjacent yards. Why the non-matching groups of o ne or two, isolated here and there?

Thanks!

[DerbyDad03]

The yellow mushrooms and the domed cap both sprouted in a mulched area,

1/2" to 1? reddish wood. The flat tops were in a sparse lawn area and in plain dirt under a bush.

[shellyf_DELETE_]

If y'all don't want to wait until they disappear by themselves, spread some lime.

[Pavel314]

ook in my backyard and in yards around the neighborhood, I see various type s of mushrooms popping up in random locations.

h small, bright yellow tops. Under my deck overhang I had 2 big mushrooms, greyish, with huge hollow domed tops. A couple of houses down, my neighbor had a few mushrooms with perfectly flat tops. They looked like little table s.

that the spores can be carried by the wind or perhaps by animals, but I won der why there would be different varieties and either a very small grouping or even just one or two. In other words, if I've got a couple of different types in my yard, which is boxed in by wooden fences, the house, etc. why don't I see the same type in adjacent yards. Why the non-matching groups of one or two, isolated here and there?

I grow edible mushrooms and know a little about them. The mushroom is the f ruit, put up by the mycelium which grows underground. The mycelium is a net work of fungus fibers. When conditions are right, like in warm weather afte r a rain, they put up a mushroom which releases spores to blow around and h opefully start a new colony.

Sounds like you have a couple of colonies of different species. As the unde rground part gets larger, it will put up more mushrooms. Eventually, it wil l absorb all the nutrients in the area and die out.