I bought a pack of Westland Cacti & Succulent Mix online.
I awoke this morning to find a toadstool (or mushroom) had pushed
compost all over my windowsill.
I imagined the compost should be sterile or is this common?
On 10/04/2026 11:42, Jim the Geordie wrote:
It's not , But I once had a morel spring up out of some bark mulch. We
I bought a pack of Westland Cacti & Succulent Mix online.
I awoke this morning to find a toadstool (or mushroom) had pushed
compost all over my windowsill.
I imagined the compost should be sterile or is this common?
ate it.
If it's edible eat it!
On Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:24:06 +0100, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On 10/04/2026 11:42, Jim the Geordie wrote:
It's not , But I once had a morel spring up out of some bark mulch. We
I bought a pack of Westland Cacti & Succulent Mix online.
I awoke this morning to find a toadstool (or mushroom) had pushed
compost all over my windowsill.
I imagined the compost should be sterile or is this common?
ate it.
If it's edible eat it!
Only if you can identify it with absolute certainty! Otherwise, chuck
it! Most toadstools are fairly harmless, but not worth eating. Some
are quite tasty, but a few are highly poisonous.
On Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:24:06 +0100, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On 10/04/2026 11:42, Jim the Geordie wrote:
It's not , But I once had a morel spring up out of some bark mulch. We
I bought a pack of Westland Cacti & Succulent Mix online.
I awoke this morning to find a toadstool (or mushroom) had pushed
compost all over my windowsill.
I imagined the compost should be sterile or is this common?
ate it.
If it's edible eat it!
Only if you can identify it with absolute certainty! Otherwise, chuck
it! Most toadstools are fairly harmless, but not worth eating. Some
are quite tasty, but a few are highly poisonous.
On 10/04/2026 17:20, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:24:06 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
<tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On 10/04/2026 11:42, Jim the Geordie wrote:
It's not , But I once had a morel spring up out of some bark mulch. We
I bought a pack of Westland Cacti & Succulent Mix online.
I awoke this morning to find a toadstool (or mushroom) had pushed
compost all over my windowsill.
I imagined the compost should be sterile or is this common?
ate it.
If it's edible eat it!
Only if you can identify it with absolute certainty! Otherwise, chuck
it! Most toadstools are fairly harmless, but not worth eating. Some
are quite tasty, but a few are highly poisonous.
Its pretty simple to ID the really lethal ones. Most of the rest vary
from stomach upset to really disgusting or vaguely edible.
Only a few are worth eating though
On 10/04/2026 20:16, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 10/04/2026 17:20, Chris Hogg wrote:I did get a reply from Westland. The gist was that all their composts
On Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:24:06 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
<tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On 10/04/2026 11:42, Jim the Geordie wrote:
It's not , But I once had a morel spring up out of some bark mulch. We >>>> ate it.
I bought a pack of Westland Cacti & Succulent Mix online.
I awoke this morning to find a toadstool (or mushroom) had pushed
compost all over my windowsill.
I imagined the compost should be sterile or is this common?
If it's edible eat it!
Only if you can identify it with absolute certainty! Otherwise, chuck
it! Most toadstools are fairly harmless, but not worth eating. Some
are quite tasty, but a few are highly poisonous.
Its pretty simple to ID the really lethal ones. Most of the rest vary
from stomach upset to really disgusting or vaguely edible.
Only a few are worth eating though
are heat treated for bugs and such, but over-doing that would leave the compost useless.
I suspect that they may have used 'spent' mushroom compost in their mix
- which, incidentally, if you can get it, makes wonderful soil conditioner.
I bought a pack of Westland Cacti & Succulent Mix online.
I awoke this morning to find a toadstool (or mushroom) had pushed
compost all over my windowsill.
I imagined the compost should be sterile or is this common?
On 2026-04-10, Jim the Geordie wrote:
I bought a pack of Westland Cacti & Succulent Mix online.
I awoke this morning to find a toadstool (or mushroom) had pushed
compost all over my windowsill.
I imagined the compost should be sterile or is this common?
I assume you'd already opened the compost and put it in an open
container? It's quite possible for spores to blow on the wind and land
there, although I'm not sure how long it takes for them to form
fruiting bodies.
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