porcupine Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 After all that rain, these sprouted in my front garden. I'm deeply disturbed, when not giggling a la Beavis and Butthead. Maybe they're Mr. Garrison's Mushrooms. ...anybody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Mutinus elegans? Just a guess. More in the Mutinus family here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Those, and another one called "Dog Vomit" because that's what it looks like, arise from mulch. I bought some expensive mulch from American Plant Food a few years ago and both kinds popped up. They aren't edible and are rather comical looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrXmus Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 If there's a hole in the tip, it's a Dog Penis Mushroom (Mutinus caninum). If no hole, it's M. elegans, as mentioned above. It's also called the Dog Stinkhorn. Gotta love some of the descriptive names for mushrooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Had them in our garden and the condo mulch, as well. Really a little disturbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMango Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Today's Post offered further insight on this topic. Lord Of The Flies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 After all that rain, these sprouted in my front garden. I'm deeply disturbed, when not giggling a la Beavis and Butthead. Maybe they're Mr. Garrison's Mushrooms. ...anybody? On a related note, imagine hiking through the woods, and running into one of these babies, not having any idea that they existed. It happened to me about twelve years ago, and evoked the same type of anxiety you might have when encountering a miniature space creature. I hate to say I was scared of a caterpillar, but ... this thing spooked the daylights out of me (it was a good 5-6 inches long and I'm not exaggerating). It's (appropriately) called a hickory horned devil, btw. Mutinus elegans? Just a guess. Just as mankind might have crawled in from the oceans, so has the ventworm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrXmus Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Today's Post offered further insight on this topic. Lord Of The Flies. The most fascinating thing about that article, besides the fact that the whole fruiting body erupts and collapses in a matter of hours, is that flies get diarrhea. Who knew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monavano Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 The most fascinating thing about that article, besides the fact that the whole fruiting body erupts and collapses in a matter of hours, is that flies get diarrhea. Who knew? And I was eating my cereal this morning when I read that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 In protist news, I have a fluorescent yellow plasmodial slime mold in my yard that originated in the mulch that came from the City of Alexandria. It's probably a Physarum. Protoplasmic streaming and cell recognition. Fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 In protist news, I have a fluorescent yellow plasmodial slime mold in my yard that originated in the mulch that came from the City of Alexandria. It's probably a Physarum. Protoplasmic streaming and cell recognition. Fascinating. I found out the hard way that if you aim a hose at the "dog vomit" it will just release a gazillion spores into the air. FYI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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