We've been around the block before on mushroom compost. If you'd like to read more, go to the Search box at the bottom of this page and search This Forum for "mushroom compost." Of course mushrooms don't produce manure, and I doubt the seller believes they do. From what I recall from other threads, to make mushroom substrate, relatively fresh ingredients (not yet fully composted) are steamed to knock down other fungi, then inoculated with mushroom spores. After the mushrooms grow, the substrate is discarded. It has not yet composted, and once the microbes re-populate and get working on it, it can get hot. If you're not putting it on live plants, but tilling in for later planting (weeks or months), it's fine. I would not use too much around live plants, but instead, compost it for awhile till it cools off. Otherwise you can burn your plants.

The majority of hoyas like very bright indirect light, no burning sun. I have found that some of them will scorch easily when in direct sunlight other than the more gentle morning or late afternoon sun. This one, though, can handle a bit more sun than most, and gets those pretty reddish leaves in higher light. So if you have a spot that gets a hour or so of direct sun a day, it will probably do fine. Things to watch for would be white or discolored spots on the leaves, that would mean the sun is too much, and you should move it to a less bright spot. Something to be more careful about with these Exotic Angel brand plants is overwatering. We think the grower uses a soil additive that helps the soil to hold water, which comes in handy during the growing phase when the plants are kept in hot greenhouses. In your home, in a cooler, lower light environment, it's a different story - the plants can stay too wet too long, leading to root rot. Let the plant dry out before watering again, and when you water, water lightly, just enough to maybe wet the top few inches of the soil. If the plant starts to show signs of underwatering, you can always water more heavily, but remember that more plants are killed by over than underwatering, especially hoyas, most of them like to dry out a little between waterings. Good luck with your new plant!

why not identify them and if good edibles, eat them? Fairy rings are often a good edible called Mirasmius oreades. Fungi can be loved! (NEVER eat mushrooms you are not certain of identifying, and never eat mushrooms where nasty chemicals have been used. You can learn how to identify mushrooms by taking a class - in Seattle area it's the Puget Sound Mycological Society - in other areas the Extension Service can point you to a class. Knowing and hunting srooms is a great hobby and when you find them in your grass it's a gift!)

Rook, the farther you get away from MA the worse the university lawn care advice is going to be. Universities are typically focused entirely on their state and nobody elses. Certainly you could not come to Texas A&M website for Mass grass care advice. UMASS probably has a good site for your specific area. One of the reasons to come to a forum like this is many of us have been reading here for years and realize that most permanent lawn care websites are too locally focused to provide universal advice. We try to tune our comments to be helpful for YOU and avoid the many pitfalls that might come from other regional locations. There are three or maybe four regions that makes sense. One is the northern areas east of the Rockies. Another is the south south of Tennessee and east of the Rockies. Another is the west west of the Rockies and south of Redding, Calif. Another larger one is the Pacific Northwest north of Redding and west of the Rockies. But within those general regions are micro climates and soil differentiation that make it harder to generalize within a region. Sometimes on these forums you find someone from your neighborhood. You never know until you post.