Stinkhorns!

[den]

The lawn-dicks of last year have returned! YAY! I found two old ones from last night, and a new one growing this morning. It REEKED and was covered in greenbottles. 8)

Yay for stinky fungus!

Comments

[hedgegoth.livejournal.com]

They're a month late, dock their pay.

[baxil.livejournal.com]

Stinky phallic fungus.

uh oh!

[penpouring.livejournal.com]

Please tell me you found these OUTSIDE the house and not sporously reproducing in your laundry bin!! I clean houses for bachelors on the side and if you need any more of these 'mushrooms' - let me know, also fill me in on the proper way to handle and dispose of them!!
Also, what do I do with carrots that have sat so long in the bottom drawer of a fridge that the folliage growing from them is a beautiful orangey-carrot colour....do I repot it in a pot to put by the window or just leave it growing? It's so pretty but I fear removing it might affect it's growth potential. What do you think?
And how is your 'winter' going?
Have a wonderful day!!!!

Re: uh oh!

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

These grow in the lawn, not laundry. Laundry with mushrooms and furry carrots are compost, as is anything else in the fridge with the carrots I expect.

[submarine-bells.livejournal.com]

Do you suppose your lawn-dicks might be Phallus impudicus (http://www.bluewillowpages.com/mushroomexpert/phallus_impudicus.html) or one of its cousins? The description you gave in your earlier post does sound rather like it.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

No, more like this:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/dewhitton/103313.html

[submarine-bells.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's even more impressive than Phallus impudicus! Cool! It does look truly disgusting. Aren't fungi fascinating? *laugh*