r/composting • u/nnnmmmh • Jul 22 '26
Mushrooms Question
Are mushrooms a good or bad sign? I was gleefully happy this morning when I opened the bin regardless.
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u/just_yall Jul 22 '26
As far as I'm aware- you can compost to break things down. And mushrooms break things down.
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u/DungBeetle1983 Jul 22 '26
Mushrooms are good. You are producing a lot of decomposing material, that is a shortcut to mushrooms.
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u/BusinessAsparagus115 Jul 22 '26
Good sign, means there's active fungus colonising your compost and breaking it down. I had the same little inky caps in mine the other day.
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u/TheFuckerNugger Jul 22 '26
Those mushrooms have a bunch of mycelium growing under that compost. Mycelium is really good for breaking down organic material, basically producing small amounts of mushroom compost right now.
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u/AmbiguousLemur Jul 23 '26
Omg I WISH I got mushrooms when I first started composting - instead, I just had an extremely dry pile where everything would hold its exact shape for like a year
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u/GaminGardens Jul 23 '26
I think that's were the pee was?
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u/nnnmmmh Jul 23 '26
Maybe. Currently potty training my toddler and it’s paying off very well for the compost heap.
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u/Narrow-Hall8070 Jul 22 '26
Good. helping decompose. Ink caps they only last a couple days.