Compaction, what compaction???

[ICT Bill]

These were taken at a golf course, as you can see there is obvious compaction. The mowers have gone down the same area so many times that you can see the ruts from the tires

Look who shows up, Mr. Mushroom and pushes right through it, when I say compacted, I mean compacted, might as well be concrete. It would be difficult to drive a nail into

and this mild little mushroom just runs through it like butter

It is under an Oak tree that is being attacked by bacterial leaf scorch, probably only has a year or two left

[ICT Bill]

I wonder if you could make an aerator from mushrooms??

probably not

[DUSTYCEDAR]

Only if they r magic

[LawnSolutionsCP]

I don't think he was talking about those kind of shrooms...

[ICT Bill]

Only if they r magic

If you are using those you can make up any scenario you like,

I just thought it was interesting that a little tiny soft mushroom could bang thru that compacted soil

[Smallaxe]

Do the shrooms start growing, just below the surface? -or - do they pop out of the ground, like seeds?

[ICT Bill]

Do the shrooms start growing, just below the surface? -or - do they pop out of the ground, like seeds?

It depends on where their food is, these guys break down cellulose, in this case dieing roots of an oak tree stricten with bacterial leaf scorch

The probably started 6 or 8 inches down