Warbaby

Thank you for a polite and civil answer (at last). At least I now know not to worry.

Since I am a total amateur, I find that most of you lot are making fun of me. I am not amused. I wanted an honest answer to what, to me, was an honest question. I am not an expert - and by joining what looked, to me, an expert website, I honestly thought that I would be taken seriously, and honest, helpful answers would be given. It seems that you are just intent on "putting me down", which I find very hurtful and not at all helpful. These mushrooms are very unsightly in this garden, and the Owner very much needs to know if they are indeed harmful in any way. A simple, truthful, and not mocking reply was all that I wanted. Is that impossible?

I have a Panasonic Lumic DMC-TZ3 - it is only a compact, but is absolutely incredible, and the Macro shots are superb. Ideal for every purpose - the TZ7 is perhaps even better, as it has 12x zoom, whereas my TZ3 is 'only' 10x, but it does have a 28mm. equivalent wide-angle Leica lens. Thoroughly recommended.

Can anyone tell me what this is? Is this a dreadful problem? It surrounds this small tree (possibly Picea?) each year in September. The tree is in an ornamental gravel garden, and there is good weed-supressing membrane underneath the gravel. The circle of fungus is wider each year.