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 wood mulch. It starts out rather beautiful (at least this one … [Read more...]
What is that smell? Stinkhorn mushrooms in the garden.
If you step outside one day to find a powerful stink in your freshly-laid mulch or new plants, 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 smell. These fungi smell so bad because they use flies and other insects to transport their spores to other … [Read more...]