How to get rid of mushrooms in my yard
Home remedies like vinegar and baking soda may clear mushrooms from one area, but they often just reappear in another spot. Even drastic measures like removing nearby trees leave people struggling to permanently clear their yards.
What the numbers show
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- People have been saying this in most months since September 2026.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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How to get rid of mushrooms in my yard
- 1manually removing or kicking apart the fruiting bodiesDid this help you?
- 2running them over with a lawn mowerDid this help you?
- 3letting them rot in place to provide nutrientsDid this help you?
- 4Leaving the mushrooms alone to naturally break down the dead woodDid this help you?
- 5Digging into the soil to completely remove the decaying roots and woodDid this help you?
- 6Allowing local wildlife like squirrels and deer to eat themDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“The yard is filled with these mushrooms. Any suggestions as to how to get rid of these in addition to having the tree removed ???”source ↗
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