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den ([personal profile] den) wrote2003-04-08 01:47 pm

Stinkhorns!

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!

[identity profile] hedgegoth.livejournal.com 2003-04-07 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
They're a month late, dock their pay.

[identity profile] baxil.livejournal.com 2003-04-08 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
Stinky phallic fungus.

uh oh!

[identity profile] penpouring.livejournal.com 2003-04-08 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
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!

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2003-04-08 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
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.
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[identity profile] submarine-bells.livejournal.com 2003-04-27 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2003-04-27 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
No, more like this:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/dewhitton/103313.html
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[identity profile] submarine-bells.livejournal.com 2003-04-27 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, that's even more impressive than Phallus impudicus! Cool! It does look truly disgusting. Aren't fungi fascinating? *laugh*