Smelly stinkhorn mushroom isn't welcome in the garden. Here's how to keep it far away. Pllus, mulching with blueberries, planting pineapples and fighting insect pests.

When the rains decrease these fungal growths called stinkhorn should decrease, too. (Courtesy Tom MacCubbin) Q. We find stinking orange growths in some of our mulched beds.

Stinkhorn fungi belong to two genera, both located in the family Phallaceae; Phallus spp. and Mutins spp. These fungi are saprophytic, which means they derive their nutrients from dead organic matter.

Stinkhorn fungi (devil’s backbone) has been smelling up new mulch beds all over the Lowcountry. The conditions have been perfect for the growth of this fungus with all this rain.

Stinkhorn mushrooms ooze slime that attracts insects to carry their spores and spread the fungi around the garden. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette) Q: A few weeks ago, a few of these items showed ...

What they have found are stinkhorn fungi. “It pops up out of the ground between February and May as we get more wet weather and as the temperatures drop into autumn,” explains Brett. “It produces this ...

Answer: Dog stinkhorn (Mutinus caninus) is a very odd-looking mushroom that can be found in shaded gardens, backyards, and parks growing in mulch, leaf litter or rich, organic soils.

Stinkhorn fungi (Phallus impudicus) have a white stem and an olive-brown, slime-covered cap.(Image credit: Regionalforstamt Soest-Sauerland via Facebook) "What you see in our video is the short ...

Emily Dickinson on the reaction to snakes, a good photo of a black-crowned night heron on the Chicago River, the restoration numbers of elk in Kentucky and a question/notes on stinkhorns are among ...

Smelly stinkhorn mushroom isn't welcome in the garden. Here's how to keep it far away. Pllus, mulching with blueberries, planting pineapples and fighting insect pests.

Stinkhorn mushrooms ooze slime that attracts insects to carry their spores and spread the fungi around the garden. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette) Q: A few weeks ago, a few of these items ...