Phallus rubicundus is a common stinkhorn popping up in mulched gardens. It emits a very bad smell and if you're removing them try not to break them open.
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It looks like some kind of fungus, but not a mushroom.
Looks like a type of fungi. had those too. Brought in with the wood mulch.
Phallus rubicundus is a common stinkhorn popping up in mulched gardens. It emits a very bad smell and if you're removing them try not to break them open.
http://hvbackyard.blogspot.com/2007/01/5-strange-stinkhorns.html
If you wish to eradicate them, This website http://www.walterreeves.com/gardening-q-and-a/stinkhorn-mushroom-identification-and-control/ recommends raking the area and removing irrigation.
Yep, stinkhorn. Be really careful trying to remove them. Keep them intact--do NOT break them open!!!
As kids on the farm, we called them buzzard's beak, because of the red color and the awful smell. They are a type of fungus. Good luck.
It's a stinkhorn, very bad smell.