I looked around again and the mushrooms may well be
the fairy mushrooms.. In the picture with the cool
pattern on the grass (guess I wouldn't think it was
cool if it was my grass) I didn't notice a close up of
the mushroom... But I ran across one in other
searches..
Well what ever mushroom this is it is resistant to
Safer garden fungicide..
I am a little hesitant to remove all the soil because
it is a scrawny structure.. I may get bold anyway,
because even when they die off for the season they
will leave spores.
The plant has a fancy name which I don't remember nor
can find anywhere.. But as I remember it had west
Indian in the unofficial name. And was used as an
outside bush in warm climates .. It would be nice to
know if it is hardy enough to last in my zone 6.. Then
the problem is at least not in my house with all the
other plants and my breathing.
Welp, heres the new web page on this plant and the
mushrooms, any help is really appreciated.. and next
time I think I will not confuse my self with trying to
explain what it looks like I'll just post a picture..
http://www.angelfire.com/md/Anji/westindian.html
TIA,
Anji
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Well that makes a lot of sense .. I should have been
able to come up with that on my own... Good grief I
amaze my self with slowness sometimes ...
BTY I figured out again that the plant is the Leea
Coccinea (Red Leea)
Anji
--- Barbara Martin
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/cottage_gardening/78813
> Current Mid-Atlantic Garden Report: Resetting Iris
http://nationalgardening.com/regional/report.taf?regionid=13
Well some people just need to be smacked and told to
get away from the computer ;) (I would be talking
about me ) I have no flint right now to strike a match
but nor an extra light bulb for an idea but BM seems
to ... So I shall just pluck them suckers until they
go away... The common name I am finding is West Indian
Holly... I probably did another one of those bright,
sharp as a tack things I do and thought oh heck my
roots are west Indian and who would forget holly and
deleted the e-mail... Duhhhh...
Maybe I just need a vacation... Even if I don't it
seems like a good idea....
Anji
--- Dorsett
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Angi,
I remember that the common name was somehow appropriate.
And that I found it in one of the newer houseplant books...mentioned as a
striking specimen houseplant, something that should be used more often. Other
than that, I've forgotten what names were used.
Barb in Southern Indiana Zone 5/6 dorsettm@scin.quik.com
A root is a flower that disdains fame.
Anji if you just keep removing the toad stools before the spores fall out
then it can't reproduce in your house... you would be removing the fruiting
part and thus the reproductive part.
Barbara M. Martin
Cottage Garden: Children's Area, Memorial to Diana, Princess of Wales
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/cottage_gardening/78813
Current Mid-Atlantic Garden Report: Resetting Iris
http://nationalgardening.com/regional/report.taf?regionid=13
Co-Owner, Gardens List http://www.scin.quik.com/dorsettm/notes.html
Ah. Thanks. I probably figured that I couldn't forget that spelling...and, if I
found it around here, I'd have to recognize it by the leaf. Houseplants are sold
with light and watering descriptions...names are superfluous and definitely
unnecessary, apparently.
Barb in Southern Indiana Zone 5/6 dorsettm@scin.quik.com
A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the
breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the
lawn mower is broken. ~~ James Dent ~~
This aroused my curiousity - I have a book of West Indian plants, and it
wasn't in there, so I looked in Hortus - Leea coccinea, also called West
Indian Holly, comes from Burma!! Probably got its name from "going native"
in the West Indies??
Karen in NJ
whoops - posted my response before I read this one!
Karen in NJ
