What the heck is this?
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Kimberly Barney on May 28, 2013It is a fungus that grows from the mulch. It really doesn't harm anything but looks rather disgusting. I always get rid of them as soon as they appear. Never had them until I started usign black mulch and won't use black mulch after this year.Helpful Reply
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Dianna Brown on May 28, 2013I don't have any black mulch there yet but did put down some miracle grow planting soil yesterday. That's probably were it came from...disgusting is a good word for it...thanks a bunch...Helpful Reply
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Jayme on May 28, 2013It looks alien....LOL.Helpful Reply
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Dianna Brown on May 28, 2013Ok Jayme...you are the second person to tell me that...LOLHelpful Reply
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Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com on May 28, 2013They're back! lolHelpful Reply
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Julie on May 28, 2013We had something like this. Just thought it was some form of mushroom. It smelled awful.Helpful Reply
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Ava Landscapes on May 29, 2013its called a stinkhorn. Its a perfectly harmless, albeit unsightly fungus. I usually rake them and then they'll shrivel up and die.Helpful Reply
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Dianna Brown on May 29, 2013Thanks Ava,,,,that is a good name of it...and yes...it stinks!Helpful Reply
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Beth swindler on May 29, 2013we always called them "devil fingers" but they are harmless. They will go away once the summer heat hits.Helpful Reply
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Elaine Simmons on May 29, 2013I found one of these in my garden once and since I have no sense of smell to speak of, they didn't smell to me. Curious as to what it was, I took it to a local nursery and when I showed it to the worker, he said "can't you smell it" and backed away. I found out then that it is called a "stinkhorn". It looked to me like some alien dropped their private part in my garden! LOLHelpful Reply
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Dianna Brown on May 29, 2013Gee Elaine...I'm glad you said that...that was what I told my daughter...:-)Helpful Reply
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Somewhat Quirky on May 29, 2013gross!Helpful Reply
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CAROLE M ARBUCKLE on May 29, 2013It's Gross and mine attracted TONS of flies!Helpful Reply
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Anita Faircloth on May 29, 2013"Stinkhorn" is the name and it lives p to its name. Smells like carrion, or as us old southerners would say "kyarn"! (and that is 2 syllables!).Helpful Reply
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Elaine Simmons on May 30, 2013Dianna............dirty minds think alike? hahaHelpful Reply
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Dianna Brown on May 30, 2013Got that right....shame on us.. ;-)Helpful Reply
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