Fungi flourishes but put cap on consuming

WHEN it rains it spores and Gold Coast lawns are sprouting mushrooms of all shapes, colours and sizes.

But a fungi expert advises against people cooking up their homegrown toadstools to go with their bacon and egg breakfast.

“There are certain types that are poisonous,” Queensland Herbarium mycologist Nigel Fechner.

“It is not wise to eat them if you don’t know what species they are.

“They are responding to the rain.

“There are 100-200 lawntype species.”

The damp weather impacting the city since late last week has helped the fungi in the soil grow, producing the mushrooms which will continue to thrive while conditions are wet.

Weatherzone’s Brett Dutschke said the rain would last for another week with daily temperatures of 28-30C and overnight in the low 20s.

Edward Faulkner of Helensvale checks out the fungi springing up in his front yard after all the rain.