Do Mushrooms Split???

[anthony17]

... just wondering one of my green striped mushrooms has to mouths on it and was wondering if maybe its spliting or something???

 

[alyssia]

I've been told they do, but I have a ric that has had three mouths for about 6 months and hasn't split.

 

[iiinadav]

I've seen my mushrooms multiply from their base. I'm not sure if they split from the top half.

 

[payton 350]

yes ...and they multiply by moving locations and leaving a piece of their footing behind...and you can also help it along by manually splitting them....frag them...cut them

in half or fours just make sure each piece has a piece or the mouth.. and it will grow back

 

[maxalmon]

I just did this with some red shrooms. When your doing this make sure each quarter is attached to the rock, use a very sharp razor and cut thru the mouth so each section has a portion, within a few weeks they will have healed and moved apart.

 

[oceanists]

Mushrooms must be pretty hardy , are they venomous at all , ive heard horror stories with zoos and just wondering if shrooms would cause that problem

 

[laddy]

Originally Posted by Oceanists
Mushrooms must be pretty hardy , are they venomous at all , ive heard horror stories with zoos and just wondering if shrooms would cause that problem

Just don't eat them and you'll be fine.
They secreate a film when stressed--not too sure of the toxicity of it to the tank.

 

[fanker]

i had a huge elephant ear shroom and it had 2 mouths and it split

 

[rujelus22]

I've had some green striped mushrooms that have split about 10 or so times they will move and leave some of there base behind and new mushrooms will form

 

[maxalmon]

I had some shrooms melt away and thought they were gone forever, used the LR they wre on for some aquascaping projects. A few weeks ago, turned the LR over and there were four 3/4 to 1" shrooms...