Thread 2940227

Posted this in /an/, but posting it here too. I have a literal toadstool which I think is Trametes lactinea growing on the outside of my concrete block foundation somehow. How is it doing this? I don't think there's any buried wood or anything near the house. I'm getting some sulfur for acid-loving plants and plan on using it to get rid of it because it's smothering plants next to the house, but what the fuck is causing this?

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>>2940227 (OP)
what's on the other side of the wall? is it your cumsock? cause that'll do it.

>>2940258
I hadn't considered what's on the other side. Maybe some nutrients are seeping through the wall? That seems weird to me, but I suppose it's possible. The fungus is right at soil level though.

>>2940266
I'm not a shroom knower but I would say it's feeding on something below ground and decided your concrete was a good place to go up and fruits

>>2940227 (OP)
How did you figure there is nothing it can eat? It will happily feed of starches, mulch from potting soil, sugar/food scraps etc if the other conditions are right. Also how big is it that it ‘smothers’ your plants? Mushrooms are friends it makes little sense to remove them.

> muh joists
If mushrooms start to feed off floor joists then those joists were due for replacement years ago

>>2940414
>How did you figure there is nothing it can eat?
I mean there could be some dead roots or branches in the soil, but i don't think so, I've dug there myself to plant the plants that are against the wall. I've just never seen a bracket fungus grow on concrete before. It's very odd. And smothers the plants because they're young and it literally is growing so fast it ENGULFS them unless I keep removing it like weekly.

>>2940227 (OP)
>literal toadstool
Toadstools refer specifically to agaricoid mushrooms or even more specifically to Amanita muscaria

There's buried wood/lumber (not roots) that it's growing on near or behind the concrete, there is no other explanation.