fungi Archives - Garden Experiments For the love of gardening and wildlife habitat Thu, 18 Aug 2022 18:46:17 +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 Archives - Garden Experiments 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 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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