surprise!

[the_siobhan]

I just went to water my plants and um, what?



Anybody know anything about mushrooms?

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[ysilme]

Just asked my botanist spouse (hobbyist but quite experienced and well-read in all growing things), and he thinks it's not a good sign; mushrooms aren't supposed to grow in potted plants _at all_. Reason might be too humid/too much watering, and repotting it with removing as much of the old soil as possible wouldn't be a bad idea.
Additional question: is there any chance that a domesticated critter has mistaken this as a litterbox? We're always getting mushrooms of such kinds in the most untypical spaces anywhere a cat has sh**t in the garden, so that might be another explanation.

[the_siobhan]

What's weird about that is that 1) I just repotted this thing a week ago and 2) it's a succulent so it already gets less water than a lot of the other plants I have here.

The cat connection is unlikely, they are only allowed in my office when I'm here to chaperone in part because Dr River Song likes to eat plants and so all the poisonous ones are sequestered here.

[ysilme]

In that case I think it might very likely be the new soil. I'd just remove the mushroom, with as much soil underneath as possible, and wait what happens. :o)

[the_siobhan]

Although we did just have a couple of very humid days with no air con. :-P