Have you added anything to the border lately, like bark chippings? what sort ot fungi are they? Can you add a photo?

You are not alone. Mine get as big as a dinner plate. I blame the manure I bought
last year. I just go round, pick them up and place them in the dustbin. I am waiting to hear for a solution too.

...and so am I! I have never seen so many as appearing this summer/autumn.

Im pretty certain they are in the bags of compost i have been buying from Wickes and BQ's.

Yes woody you may be right, i don't buy compost now because green waste (green bins) is going into compost, i seen one farmer putting in ragwort into green bin for compost. not good to see

I have loads too, appearing in my bottom garden lawn. I have done nothing different down there :-((

Please don't all shout at me but as someone who loves fungi, of whatever size, colour, shape, edibility (apart from those that do actual damage like the Honey Fungus) almost as much as flowers, I wonder why people are so anxious to get rid of them from their gardens.

To me they are part of nature, like grass, trees and flowers. They can be extremely beautiful and have a fascinating life cycle. And most of the ones that appear in gardens are very innocent, and often so tiny that you may not even be aware of them.

I can see that if they are very obviously in the wrong place then, rather like weeds, one would want to dispose of them but often they are not in anyone's way - like those that someone posted about recently where they were tucked out of sight under a prunus shrub.

Hi Cestina, some of mine are huge and in the middle of the lawn, never had them before. They look like mushrooms :-))

The best solution (without photo to check on variety), is carefully remove all fruiting tops as soon as they are seen. Dispose of, do not compost incase they are of a problematical nature. You could try to very carefully remove the little root ball beneath the fruits if they're in a border. and dispose of clump.
If like me you have had a very wet summer, or have recently have had a warm wet few weeks, you may find these appearing anywhere.
If in an undistrubed area it's likely that damp warm conditions are the cause. They might indicate the removal of a tree stump in times gone by, but fairy rings are a different matter. To the fungi being described in comments above
that have have been bought in with compost and manure, these are the normal signs of compost that has been broken down quickly, (as in Bought compost) but not quite quick enough to kill off the fungul spores. Fungi is a natural function of composting and helps to break down the heap.

NB Jiffy
round our way, some folk, ignorant of garden thugs, are known to dig up and put Knotweed into their green bags. But in some local areas the green bags go into landfill anyway, just a way for the cc to con folks into a small tax for bags.

Post a photo Annella and we'll have a go at identifying them. If you can show the underneath of one as well, and also different stages of growth that would be helpful.

Ok Cestina when it stops raining, I wonder if they are edible :-))

Well don't try them, whatever they look like, without a firm identification!
(I'm sure you wouldn't but you'd be surprised how many people think "oh that looks just like the ones in the supermarket, I'll have some for breakfast". Rule 1 of Fungal Lore: Fungi are masters of disguise.......)

Don't worry I wont :-)))

Hi Cestina it was under my prunus shrub where the fungi were.Also they were in the bergenia and a small number in the lawn.
I realise it was the damp and darkness they prefer but I will keep an eye on the lawn and borders.
I'm hoping they were growing on the leaf litter and not on the roots of the shrub.

They wouldn't have been growing on the roots of the shrub. Inkcaps grow on the ground, on wood and on dung.

Thank you,it's a large shrub to replace :)

I have taken a photo of the toodstool army and I am waiting for my husband to download them so that I can let you have a look, I will hopefully get it done tonight. thanks to all.