Re: Mushrooms in my yard

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Posted by Erich on June 14, 2001 at 19:51:44:

In Reply to: Mushrooms in my yard posted by Carolynn Burwick on June 13, 2001 at 13:55:51:

In my yellowfoot, redfoot and boxturtle enclosures
I encourage the growth of mushrooms so that my colonies
have a greater selection of natural forage. From
my reading on the subject and personal observations
it is benefical to the torts - they can eat mushrooms
that would be poisonious to humans. My Sulcatas enclosure
never gets damp long enough to grow mushrooms. I live
in south florida and keep everyone out all year.
Erich

: I recently moved to a new house with a nice big yard for my sulcata, hingeback and redfoot to wander about. Summer is finally here and I'm excited to get them set up outside, but I've noticed that a whole lot of mushrooms have been popping up all over the place. I asked at a greenhouse how to get rid of them and they said the best thing to do is just kill them as soon as they come up and hopefully in a few years I won't have so many. What I'm wondering is if these are really bad for my tortoises? I really don't know what the scientific name for these mushrooms are, but I'm in the Hudson valley in New York and they are light brown, soft and mooshy. Does anybody know about the mushrooms around here and if they might be bad for my guys? I'm afraid to leave them out there unsupervised now, since I don't want them to eat them until I learn more. Thanks for any help.

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: In my yellowfoot, redfoot and boxturtle enclosures : I encourage the growth of mushrooms so that my colonies : have a greater selection of natural forage. From : my reading on the subject and personal observations : it is benefical to the torts - they can eat mushrooms : that would be poisonious to humans. My Sulcatas enclosure : never gets damp long enough to grow mushrooms. I live : in south florida and keep everyone out all year. : Erich : : : I recently moved to a new house with a nice big yard for my sulcata, hingeback and redfoot to wander about. Summer is finally here and I'm excited to get them set up outside, but I've noticed that a whole lot of mushrooms have been popping up all over the place. I asked at a greenhouse how to get rid of them and they said the best thing to do is just kill them as soon as they come up and hopefully in a few years I won't have so many. What I'm wondering is if these are really bad for my tortoises? I really don't know what the scientific name for these mushrooms are, but I'm in the Hudson valley in New York and they are light brown, soft and mooshy. Does anybody know about the mushrooms around here and if they might be bad for my guys? I'm afraid to leave them out there unsupervised now, since I don't want them to eat them until I learn more. Thanks for any help.

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