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Help! mushrooms in my vft terrarium!

Ok, there are thin little mushrooms growing in the terrarium of my little VFT (its the only thing in their). I have a packet of Cleary fungicide, if thats what I need to use, but I have no idea how to use the stuff (and I have a great chance of reading Greek than I do the instructions). Any help would be much appreciated. Oh, I got my VFT from petflytrap, and I think its less than a year old (got it in June 2004). Thanx in advance; Pj Mitchell
 
Any help on this, anyone, please? Thanx

Pj
 
I had a mushroom or 2 growing in my D. multifida 'extrema' pot, they didnt do any damage, in fact I thought they looked quite nice!
If youre really worried pick them out and throw them away.
Dino
 
So then the fungacide I got when I first bought my VFT isnt needeed than? Ok! Thanx! :-D

Pj
 
Picking them out will only ease your mind and perhaps prevent more mushrooms. But remember that the mushrooms are just the fruit of a very "large" fungus which is spreading in the substrate. Of course if you think they are ugly it wouldn't do harm to pick them out.
 
i get mushrooms in some of my Nepenthes(ones not in pure LFS) and Orchid pots. i think ive seen them in a few Drosera pots but i dont remember for sure. they are not a big deal. it means there is some nutrients availible in the soil. not neccisarily a good thing for CP's in theory but if your plant looks healthy its no big deal either. i would leave them. they give a bit of character to the pot.
 
I plucked them out long ago.. they were ugly lol Thanx for the help too. Pj
 
If you can avoid the use of chemicals, do so.
 
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