i usually take a look at my fig trees few times a day. and i didn't notice mushroom in the containers yesterday. but today, there was this mushroom growing in one of the container. i pulled it out and threw it away. do i need to do something about this? i know it's been raining a bit this week, but didn't expect to see mushroom in the container.

pete

Do you need to do something about this you write?

Yes let them grow in container there beneficial for the soil and will not hurt plant. They grow from the good fungi and help break down organic material in soil which in turn can help feed plant in long run.

How about the mushroom material itself. Can it be left on the pot soil (or thrown on the compost pile) for any beneficial effect?

Yes to both Akram.
In long run its benficial to soil and helps breaks things down.
At store they also sell mushroom compost, theres a fella out a neighborhood away that has small farm buisness that raises them amongst other things and sells compost i suspect on commercial basis.

I have always had good luck using various mycorrhizal/beneficial bacteria products with potting mixes, all of the fungi and bacteria produce like goo? or something that holds extra moisture and helps wet the mix faster/better.
Anyone ever inoculate their figs?

so... i saw the replies, and decided not to do anything about it. then the weather here dropped for few days and i moved my plants to garage. it's young trees, and it's till growing like crazy with lot of new leaves.

yesterday, the day time temp when upto 65 degree F. so i took the plants out for some sun and noticed two mushrooms. not sure what kind. hope it's not poisonous.

what bothers me about 'shrooms is that.. aren't they indicating that soil is too wet? too much moisture and will attract mold and things?

i have what they call 5:1:1 mix in the pot as soil. i used 5 part pine bark fine with some compost, 1 part that white things, and 1 part moss peat thing. funny thing is i only water the plants once a week, and that seems to be keeping the soil moist enough for the plants to have no issue growing. maybe this will change. or i might have to change the soil to hold less moisture.

pete

Pete cant answer anything about your soil mix i dont use that stuff.
Like i mention before sometimes i get them in my containers , the top part of soil is shaded on some plants cause of the canopy of tree.
I dont have any mold issues nor does my soil stay wet enough where i only water once a week except in cool spring weather.
If your plants are healthy i would not worry, there are many things going on in the soil like insects we cannot even see doinbg there work that might freak some folks out.

Either the fungi is "associating" with the figs roots, as described by wikipedia:

This mutualistic association provides the fungus with relatively constant and direct access to carbohydrates, such as glucose,sucrose supplied by the plant.^[4] The carbohydrates are translocated from their source (usually leaves) to root tissue and on to fungal partners. In return, the plant gains the benefits of the mycelium's higher absorptive capacity for water and mineral nutrients (due to comparatively large surface area of mycelium:root ratio), thus improving the plant's mineral absorption capabilities.^[5] and

Plant roots alone may be incapable of taking up phosphateions that are demineralized, for example, in soils with a basic pH. The mycelium of the mycorrhizal fungus can, however, access these phosphorus sources, and make them available to the plants they colonize.^[6]