Fungi in Your Garden - Garden Experiments https://www.gardenexperiments.com/category/fun-nature-stuff/fungi/ For the love of gardening and wildlife habitat Fri, 14 Oct 2022 20:01:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6 https://www.gardenexperiments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Fungi in Your Garden - Garden Experiments https://www.gardenexperiments.com/category/fun-nature-stuff/fungi/ 32 32 What is that Smell? Stinkhorn Mushrooms in the Garden https://www.gardenexperiments.com/what-is-that-smell-stinkhorn-mushrooms-in-the-garden/ Wed, 20 May 2020 13:10:01 +0000 /?p=952 If you step outside one day to find a powerful stink in your freshly-laid mulch or new plants and you don’t have a dog, a stinkhorn mushroom might be to blame. This unobtrusive fungi can pop up in wood chips, grass, or soil and they produce a very strong odor. Just like their name implies, […]

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]]> Yellow fungus in potting soil – the yellow houseplant mushroom https://www.gardenexperiments.com/yellow-fungus-in-potting-soil-the-yellow-houseplant-mushroom/ Mon, 16 Sep 2019 18:16:52 +0000 https://www.gardenexperiments.com/?p=4331 Have you ever seen a yellow fungus growing from the soil of one of your potted plants? You might be surprised to know that these yellow mushrooms aren’t uncommon. They won’t hurt your plant and they aren’t harmful to you. They’re just a small part of the ecosystem doing their job in a pot of […]

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]]> What is a Lichen? https://www.gardenexperiments.com/do-you-lichen-me-circle-one-yes/ Fri, 22 Mar 2019 13:37:41 +0000 https://www.gardenexperiments.com/?p=4301 In the fall and winter, I like to go lichen-hunting. The trees have lost their leaves and there isn’t much undergrowth, so it’s a lot easier to spot these frilly, hairy, fuzzy, and crusty organisms. There are so many shapes, textures, and colors of lichens to look at, it can take me hours to get […]

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]]> Yellow Slime Mold – The Dog Vomit Fungus https://www.gardenexperiments.com/yellow-slime-mold-the-dog-vomit-fungus/ Fri, 06 May 2016 12:37:52 +0000 http://www.gardenexperiments.com/?p=2729 So you are walking around your yard one day and see a spot of bright yellow in your mulch. What in the world is that? It’s a slime mold! This mold is Fuligo septica the vomit slime mold and it shows up in warm, humid conditions and spreads across the top of the material – usually […]

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