Mushroom Question and ID help

About a month ago I planted a tea rose in a pot. She's been doing beautifully - blooming and growing and making me very proud of myself. I water almost every day (I skip days if the soil is still damp when I stick my finger in it.) and feed once a week... About a week ago I noticed a mushroom that had sprouted in the pot near her roots. I plucked it out and didn't think anything of it until last night when I found a second mushroom near the spot of the first. The grandiflora rose in the pot next to it doesn't have mushrooms. They were planted at the same time and receive the same water/feed... They're in pots on our front porch and get morning sun and afternoon shade - but it's already crazy hot (90+ degrees) and humid here.

Should I even be worried about the mushrooms? Should I move the pots to a different location...or water in the mornings instead of in the evenings like I've been doing?

Also - we thought the grandiflora was a Montezuma, but looking at the Plant Files here I think that may be wrong. It has a white/green thread in the petals that I don't see in the Montezuma, and I would like to get another.... Any help with an ID would be much appreciated....

The mushrooms should not be a problem, just cut back on the watering. More plants are killled by overwatering than under!!!

Doug

I agree--mushrooms say to me that things are probably being kept a bit too wet. I would guess that you don't really need to water as often as you are--a large pot like that most likely doesn't need to be watered every day even when the weather's hot. I would try sticking your finger farther down in the pot when you check, or else get a wooden skewer or something that will get down farther--I suspect as you get toward the lower part of the pot where a lot of the rose's roots are you will find that it's still quite wet.

When you do water, I would switch to morning watering--evening watering can lead to things like fungal spots on leaves because the leaves stay wet for much longer (unless you're careful not to get any water on the leaves, in which case the time of day isn't as important)

i think your tea rose looks wonderful.
and about the cultivar, there are many that look like that. i think Dick Clark and cherry parfait look close

The mushroom wont harm the Roses in any way, just make sure you wash your hands after touching the mushrooms as you might not recognise what type it is and can be poisonous to humans.
I dont know what type of soil you planted the Rose in, if it was shop bought compost, then sometimes there are bits of material not quite fully composted and this can encourage mushroome to grow, as well as overwatering, but I dont think they are harmful to people unless ingested.

I would not be watering OR feeding as often as you are. you will over fertilise and the plant will make very soft vegitation, this can be attacked by diseases or insects very easy and it really wont need that amout of food. You should learn to get to know your plant and they do tell you when fertilising is needed like pale leaf, poor flowering etc, if you have to feed, try reducing to once a month half strength and increase IF required.
I know you live in a really hot area but, IF your plants were grown and purchased in your area, then they should survive much longer without water, the idea is to try get your plants to adapt to your conditions as quick as possible so readuse the watering to say 2 times a week, make sure you are watering the whole root area and try not to get the water on the foliage, the only time you would want to spray the foliage is IF there is a lot of dry dust on the leaves or you need to blast greenfly etc from the foliage.
Hope this is a little bit of help for you,
Good luck, your Rose is beautiful, so enjoy.
WeeNel.