What the heck is this?

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This grew in my garden after raining all night. I believe it is some kind of fungi. There is a root system on the bottom, looks a little like a carrot, very slimy and very gross. Also has a hole on the top like a tube. In all my years I have NEVER seen anything like it. What are we thinking it is?

Kimberly Barney · Answer

It 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.

Dianna Brown · Answer

I 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...

Jayme · Answer

It looks alien....LOL.

Dianna Brown · Answer

Ok Jayme...you are the second person to tell me that...LOL

Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com · Answer

They're back! lol

Julie · Answer

We had something like this. Just thought it was some form of mushroom. It smelled awful.

Ava Landscapes · Answer

its called a stinkhorn. Its a perfectly harmless, albeit unsightly fungus. I usually rake them and then they'll shrivel up and die.

Dianna Brown · Answer

Thanks Ava,,,,that is a good name of it...and yes...it stinks!

Beth swindler · Answer

we always called them 'devil fingers' but they are harmless. They will go away once the summer heat hits.

Elaine Simmons · Answer

I 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! LOL

Dianna Brown · Answer

Gee Elaine...I'm glad you said that...that was what I told my daughter...:-)

Somewhat Quirky · Answer

gross!

CAROLE M ARBUCKLE · Answer

It's Gross and mine attracted TONS of flies!

Anita Faircloth · Answer

'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!).

Elaine Simmons · Answer

Dianna............dirty minds think alike? haha

Dianna Brown · Answer

Got that right....shame on us.. ;-)

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