This came up in my garden.....does anybody know what it is ?
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Charlotte G
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22 answers
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it's a latticed stinkhorn....harmless you can see more details on stinkhorns at my website
Walter Reeves
on May 11, 2012
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But I can see how its arrival would give one pause!
Douglas Hunt
on May 12, 2012
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thank you so much... i can see where it gets it name....
Charlotte G
on May 12, 2012
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the squirrels eat them at my house. It's nice to know what it is called.
Laurie S
on May 12, 2012
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They attract flies to spread their spores. They can be disgusting looking. I find them in my mulch at the lakehouse frequently.
Sandy H
on May 12, 2012
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They smell horrible. Where there is one, there will probably eventually be more. They like to pop up where there is fresh mulch or pine bark. We had a bumper crop of them after having several pine trees removed from our property. They come from little white egg looking pods? Look around, you may see some of those.
Kim W
on May 12, 2012
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skunk cabbage ugh
Janice C
on May 12, 2012
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I think I would be asking, "How do I get rid of them", LOL
Trish F
on May 12, 2012
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OMG I have had this in my flower beds before, was coral colored , looked like an octopus, and the odor was like what I would imagine the Devil himself might smell like!
Susie W
on May 12, 2012
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I had some two summers ago, and they STINK!
Angie G
on May 12, 2012
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They are the natural consequence of decomposing organic matter. The specific species is determined by the material that is decomposing. Short of removing the mulch, the purpose of which is (among others) to add organic matter to your soil (critical to soil health), there's little to be done except wait for the fungus's "food" to sufficiently decay such that the fungus has nothing more to "feed" on and dies.
Cheryl E
on May 12, 2012
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Had them last summer. Very weird! Then they started to smell. Yuck!!! Nice to know it has a name. But how do you prevent them so they don't come back???
Billye K
on May 12, 2012
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All of these posts are great information.
Rebecca W
on May 12, 2012
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its a raddish seed
John W
on May 12, 2012
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Glad don't have them in my area, pew maybe pour straight vinigar on them, just don't get it on your plants
Carol H
on May 12, 2012
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It looks like Audrey from LIttle Shop of Horrors.
Betsie D
on May 13, 2012
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I had shotgun fungus....looked more like male anatomy...was told to take a plastic bag and remove it....do not touch...discard. They stinklike dog dodo.....disgusting stuff
Joan
on Mar 26, 2015
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It is a columned stinkhorn fungi ,very smelly.We have them in Florida.
JosephandRebecca Glover
on Mar 28, 2015
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Maybe some soil sweetener might help! That way they might not come back. Pine and other compost can be acidic.
Mikell Paulson
on Apr 27, 2015
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It looks very much like orange puffball fungi. NOT EDIBLE.
Richard Martin
on Sep 05, 2016
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Looks like a type of fungus. Be careful. It could be toxic. Probably best to remove wearing gloves.
Gabrielle Falk
on Sep 29, 2016
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That look like a spoiled fruit and seeds start germinating from it
Edelmira
on Oct 04, 2016
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