Abstract
Abstract Mushroom compost blended into landscape mulch has been reported to suppress sporulation of artillery fungi (Sphaerobolus spp). In this paper, mushroom compost is also shown to inhibit growth and sporulation of a common bird's nest fungus in landscape mulch. Field plots containing 0, 10, 20, 40, or 100% (by volume) mushroom compost blended with a common landscape mulch were naturally infested with a bird's nest fungus (Cyathus stercoreus (Schweinitz) de Toni). Compost at percentages ≥ 40% significantly reduced growth and sporulation of the bird's nest fungus. It is likely that mushroom compost contains populations of beneficial microbes that are antagonistic to, or feed on, various species of fungi.
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