If mushrooms or toadstools have suddenly appeared up in your yard, you are probably wondering why, and what you can do about them. Mushrooms, toadstools and other fungi reproduce not by seeds, but by ...

Editors note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension Educator for Agriculture & Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening questions submitted by Dispatch readers.

Bright red toadstools, funky jelly fungus, and rounded puffball mushrooms in lawn grass may look alarming. However, lawn mushrooms can be a sign that you have healthy soil; they help lawns grow better ...

June is starting off with super-positive conditions for landscapes. Soils are soaking up recent rains and with moderate temperatures plants in our gardens and yards are flourishing. With all this ...

The cool and humid forests and valleys tucked away in the distinctive elevation zones of the Smokies region are sometimes said to be home to a greater variety of species than any other place on earth.

I’ve had quite a few people ask questions about mushrooms that are popping up all over the county over the past few weeks. They seem to be in many lawns as well as affecting shrubs and flowers.