Mushroom in plant

[Brian]

He prob likes walkin on it cuz it feels like carpet or mini pillows to his feet.. LOL..

Bucky, is yours brown or white?

Brian, so you spray the bottoms of the cage with 10% bleach?

Is the cham in there when you do? Does it stink like chlorox or is yours scented?

Thanks for the offer on the cage, really appreciate it but I don't have a cham to put in there right now. My veiled has a big one already. I'll take a raincheck though

How much are you selling the cages for?

Yeah..the chams or in there...its suppost to be safe because I saw the cammmercial on TV and they spayed it on a babies high chair while the baby was sitting there. It has a whole list of bacteria it kills. I just clean poos daily and wipe with the 10% bleach daily with paper towels. It doesnt smell either. I prefer doing that then taking the cages outside to clean. You welcome...Im going to sell them after the show anyways after everybody bought a few chams

 

[mika]

yeah.. i know that one. It's the hard surface sanitizer from clorox. I was thinking of giving that a shot too...

I'm using the Healthy Habitat stuff right now.

Hey pm me on how much your selling em for..

 

[Brian]

I sent you a PM mika.

Brian

 

[bucky]

Ok...well nice to know this has turned into a cage selling post and about some other dude's problem...I dont know this "she" your talking about. The mushroom was growing from the bottom, out of the pot, it was yellow.

 

[Brian]

Ok...well nice to know this has turned into a cage selling post and about some other dude's problem...I dont know this "she" your talking about. The mushroom was growing from the bottom, out of the pot, it was yellow.

Sorry ...yeah, I think you should just repot the plant I think that's the only way to get rid of it since it's like a weed. I was trying to hijack your thread or anything. Sorry!!

Brian

 

[bucky]

Sorry ...yeah, I think you should just repot the plant I think that's the only way to get rid of it since it's like a weed. I was trying to hijack your thread or anything. Sorry!!

Brian

Its all good Ill try to do it tommorow, it just has a whole bunch'o thick roots and its hard to get a grasp of the bottom When a mushroom grows it means theres fungus right?

 

[Brian]

I think so, because the cham that got it is housed outside right know and gets a lot of water, so the dirt is probably really saturated... as I want to make shure he doesn't get overheated. Let us know if you see more tomorrow because my pot just got another

Brian

P.S I dont touch them with my hand I use gloves...I wouldn't recommend you to try and take it out with your hand, it might be poisonous.

 

[bucky]

Too be honest *knock on wood* I think its just cause of the water that was in the little thing i have under the plant to collect the water,i just think since it sat there, the mushroom grew,i cant SEE any cause of so much foliage,doesnt mean there isnt any

 

[mika]

Sorry bucky, I always use she cuz I'm a female & i just got used to using it (for some odd reason)

If it's big enough I would try to cover it with the river rocks.

 

[bucky]

Its big enough lol...ill try to get an example pic of what i mean when i say "heavily/thick roots". It was just coming out from under the thing

 

[Jeweledchameleons]

Perhaps I can add a bit of a different perspective here.
I'm a bit of a nerd in my spare time with chameleons being just one of my other unusual hobbies is mycology

First.
BOTH bacteria and different fungus are a normal and healthy part of any soil medium.
believe it or not, they can provide a great service in keeping the plant healthy.
Problems tend to occur when there is a imbalance as the result
of over watering, poor drainage too rich of soil etc.

While I can understand that you don't want your pet to consume any fruiting fungus
There is a fairly common species of "golden yellow" fungus that sets up shop
in many composting operations. They're not especially harmful or dangerous
according to some of the reference books depending on the species they *may* even be edible (don't try that!).
I would be more concerned about the thousands of spores that they're producing
and being breathed in your animals lungs).
While some are completely benign others can infect the lungs and cause problems in your pet.
(commercially grown oyster mushrooms are known for this in the workers).

You can't remove the problem just by changing the soil... only delay it.
you only need one cell from the fungal network to start the process again.
It's a sure bet that whatever you've got, it integrated into the plants roots.
Nuking the soil will only cause more problems by removing
all the competition for whatever survives.

If you're concerned about the fruitings then the first thing I would do is tone down the watering.
changing the soil to something less rich and woody will also help
(add perlite and sand to a 1/3 standard potting soil).

Lastly, I would introduce a healthy competitive micoflora into the soil (use fire vs fire)
that will prevent the domination of a single species within the pot and lower
it's capability to gather the required energy reserve to produce fruits
or it'll kill the other culture entirely.

you can do that by buying one of the general Dr Earth Plant Food products
The brand shouldn't be too difficult to find.
It contains SAFE strains of soil building microbes
as well as ecto & endo mycorrhizae
those will not only help the plant
they're break down random droppings and dead feeders cleanly
As well as, keep harmful fungus out of your soil from the outside.

I had the same problem with two of the pots in my hatchling setups.
A nice watering with the dr. earth solved it right away...
I use the bloom booster (#8) and the fruit and veggie product on a rotation (#5) with all the cage plants.

enjoy.

 

[bucky]

Could you link a pic of a dangerous mushroom(i know that probably all would be bad for a cham to consume) I mean like the one that has the bad spores and stuff. Could you find this Dr. Earth at a home depot/lowes etc?

 

[Jeweledchameleons]

There are hundreds thousands of species of fungus out there in the world.
It's a rather large kingdom that we tend to overlook or ignore.
While there's many edible and safe ones that really pose no danger
it's best to play it safe
because the ones that are dangerous ... can be really deadly (Amanita phalloide).
Now I doubt it's an amanita growing out from the bottom of the pot
it's more likely some other type of fungus thats feeding upon the composted wood.


you said it was small and yellow? you also picked it before it was mature (opened cap)
don't worry about it.

sorry, if I unduly fed your fears.
I should have said something like:
I doubt that your animal is going of the bottom of the cage to
lick water droplets off a mushroom. while it's best to yank them out,
I think that the only real danger is the unlikely event of your pet breathing
a load of the spores in and then having to deal with a nasty cough for a few days.

The oyster mushroom is another common species
that people can buy in the store.
They're not the button mushroom/portobello's that everyone knows of.
Oysters are a shelf mushroom that is a wood decomposer

The oysters are safe and rather tasty as well as a medicinal species.
But they do put out A LOT of spores that can cause breathing problems
in the large commercial growrooms because the air is THICK with them.
you need not worry about those you may find in your grocery store.
I only referenced it because I've seen some peoples cage setups
where they lack enough airflow to blow a large spore load out from a large mushroom(s) in their pot.

Honestly, just reduce the watering and try the Dr. Earth
I've not seen Lowes or home depot carry it, the better well stocked nurseries carry the line.
Check the website has a locator.. should be easy to find someone close by.
google around a bit (I found a few new sites that carry the line)

 

[bucky]

Thanks! Ya,i yanked it, it looked nothing like the ones you linked,i will lessen the water a bit.

 

[FOREVER ENDEAVOR]

mycology huh?....i was into that for a lttle while back in the day....
.. we know what you do with your spare time... jk...mushrooms are pretty interesting...

 

[Jeweledchameleons]

yeah, what spare time!

I had a lot of that in college
not any longer...
my days are packed with "must do's"