Toadstools or mushrooms, what do I do?

[Eesha]

Hi,

To my horror, some mushrooms or toadstools have sprouted near a tree that I had cut down. I'm worried my kids will ear them so I pulled them out but do I just spray weedkiller? I've never ever had this before!

Weedkiller won't do any good, this is the time of year for fungi to appear in all sorts of places. Just impress on your children that they shouldn't eat them.

Agreed with NanTheWiser... don't chuck chemicals all over your garden because of mushrooms. They will inevitably no more poisonous than whatever plants you have growing. They will be recycling the dead roots so all part of a huge food web.
If you could take a pic of the toadstools, one of us might just be able to reassure you as to what it is.

yes post a picture and we can tell you what it is

Here you go

Can you turn it upside down?

Please don't throw weedkiller around.Fungi are amazing and very necessary to the ecosystem of gardens.Only today I tidied up the garden with the' help' of my little DGD and she was fascinated by the mushrooms.But I explained to her that she should never touch or eat the outdoor mushrooms,as they were not the same as the ones we cook inside.Of course I supervise her too.If you really must get rid of them pop on some rubber gloves and just break them off and pop on your compost heap ideally ,or in the bin.Personally I think they are magical and another thing to like about Autumn.

Is it in clumps? Is there a ring on the stalk? Can you take a pic of it in situ rather than a single cap broken off.

At an initial glance it could be honey fungus particularly if its on a tree you'd taken down. Very difficult to say from that photo though.

The reality is that whatever it is you need to teach your children that they should never put any plant from the garden into their mouth since there are all sorts of things they will come across in gardens, parks even a school playground that could be toxic.