tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post7318892304988898523..comments2023-03-18T18:19:26.000+11:00Comments on Hunter Valley Backyard Nature: #5 Strange StinkhornsGayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02899430268722758947noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-71672662924431691392015-01-27T21:28:11.716+11:002015-01-27T21:28:11.716+11:00Thanks very much for helping me to identify the st...Thanks very much for helping me to identify the stinkhorn (great name!) growing in my lawn. I've taken your advice and enjoyed looking at it while it lasted. I live on the northern beaches in NSW.Clairenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-84566058670870039062015-01-27T15:45:37.201+11:002015-01-27T15:45:37.201+11:00Hi Gaye, fabulous information, we've just enco...Hi Gaye, fabulous information, we've just encountered a lantern stinkhorn in our garden today, Jan 27, 2015, Sydney. First time I've seen one, first time in our garden, it is growing out of our garden bed (not in mulch) but through a weed sheet with stones on! Unfortunately I picked it up thinking it was some dead stuff blown in with the wind, it was only afterwards after looking what was in my hand I realised it was a fungus and it STINKS! I have seen the anemone fungus in the blue mountains in February 2009, and today was able to pinpoint the exact name through your blog. Thanks again. Carole :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-58037724832685808452014-11-15T05:53:15.183+11:002014-11-15T05:53:15.183+11:00November 14th, 33degrees with snow flurries here n...November 14th, 33degrees with snow flurries here near Smokey Mountains and just identified a stinkhorn in my mulched rose bed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-21350586220772269652014-10-26T22:31:44.225+11:002014-10-26T22:31:44.225+11:00I am in southern Ontario and this fall is the firs...I am in southern Ontario and this fall is the first time I ever have seen a Stinkhorn. I happened across a large load of free, low grade mulch for my garden in early summer and expect from this write-up that this is why I have them. When I 'googled' unusual tubular red fungus, the pictures of this article came up immediately and both were very informative.moxpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-1035175550651455522014-09-29T22:59:56.523+10:002014-09-29T22:59:56.523+10:00Hi,
I just saw the Phallus rubicundus in my garden...Hi,<br />I just saw the Phallus rubicundus in my garden in eastern Tennessee, USA last night and was baffled as to what it could be. After hunting around the internet, your blog solved the mystery! Thanks for the great info and pictures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-32166032722600325612014-09-28T20:25:16.683+10:002014-09-28T20:25:16.683+10:00Hi Gaye
Thankfully I found your blog as we have ...Hi Gaye<br /><br />Thankfully I found your blog as we have had these strange Lantern Fungi appearing in our garden and had no idea what they were. We are located in Qld (Gold Coast) so not sure if commonly found here. Hopefully they will go away!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-27851709388417540532014-09-18T15:53:46.053+10:002014-09-18T15:53:46.053+10:00I just noticed this in my front mulchy area. It...I just noticed this in my front mulchy area. It's the phallus looking one. I live in New Jersey . I wound up kicking it and it broke right off.Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-15397034578040037362014-09-05T10:08:16.584+10:002014-09-05T10:08:16.584+10:00Hey,
Greetings from Toronto and thanks for the in...Hey,<br /><br />Greetings from Toronto and thanks for the informative blog.<br /><br />I will tell the kids at school tomorrow that the alien tentacles growing out of the wood chips are actually <i>phallus rubicundus</i>.... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-24918995839016764622014-08-07T22:48:06.369+10:002014-08-07T22:48:06.369+10:00Good morning,
I noticed the Phallus rubicundus po...Good morning,<br /><br />I noticed the Phallus rubicundus popping up in my front yard yesterday. Never had seen them before, been in the house 3 years. Definitely an oddity but at least now I know what it is. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-74054715121547893292014-04-26T22:42:10.670+10:002014-04-26T22:42:10.670+10:00hi Gaye,
we found a pink stinkhorn in our garden ...hi Gaye,<br /><br />we found a pink stinkhorn in our garden today in woodchips, we live near Parramatta. I was hoping to eat it until I found your blog and was able to identify it!! Many thanks for the good info and can see this has been a popular blog topic for many years..<br /><br />cheers + thanks,<br />Good health<br /><br />Mark.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-57809301805912876372014-04-26T22:24:53.118+10:002014-04-26T22:24:53.118+10:00My 2 yr old found our lanturn stink horn growing i...My 2 yr old found our lanturn stink horn growing in our front yard in Woodberry nsw after the big thunder storm that went from approx 1 till 11:30 in the morning. it was the weirdest thing ever to look at and i took photo's but it is different from all of the the one's that i've see so far, but also that same in majority of ways. The difference is that it does have a horn like figure coming out of it's top in the same texture as it's stem. And then there is this really slimmy 'slug' like texture in it's divisions, so inviting to look at, but not touch. It has almost shrivelled 1day later with it's divisions being sucked up by the flies.<br />Glad i found out what it is as it would have played on my mind for a very long time ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-43537149227511463052014-03-27T21:03:09.073+11:002014-03-27T21:03:09.073+11:00Found one of these on our footpath in Maitland NSW...Found one of these on our footpath in Maitland NSW, and upon a closer look found about six of them in the garden at various stages of growth. I was looking up what they were when we found this blog.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510093764792595671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-23120281505897027872013-12-14T15:06:58.181+11:002013-12-14T15:06:58.181+11:00Hi Susan from Campbelltown NSW,
I have dug out two...Hi Susan from Campbelltown NSW,<br />I have dug out two Lantern Fungi from beneath our Jacaranda tree in our buffalo lawn only yesterday. It has been quite hot and humid the last few days. We had one come up in the lawn around about the same time last year and thought at the time that it was a one off freaky thing. It is only by looking up your blog site that I realise that we are not alone and according to you, fortunate!Susan C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-44534780294104760952013-09-01T02:53:37.435+10:002013-09-01T02:53:37.435+10:00Hi from Wilmington, Delaware! This is the second ...Hi from Wilmington, Delaware! This is the second time that this fungus has grown in my yard. The phallus one. I do not know how you can say that the smell is not so bad! It is downright hellacious!! We only have one so far and it's horrible. I hope there aren't going to be anymore. I know there will be...one of these is enough though! Take care.<br />~Jessicajessrosedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788029342527900088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-46001363375233451142013-08-14T07:57:30.136+10:002013-08-14T07:57:30.136+10:00Hi Andre
we have been getting these in a native g...Hi Andre<br /><br />we have been getting these in a native garden. My dog actively sniffs them out and breaks them up (not sure if she is actually eating them). Would rather she found truffles instead ;-)<br />We are at Shailer Park in SE Qld, about halfway between Bris and the Gold Coast.<br />EdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-53089207981936588382013-07-16T13:20:36.365+10:002013-07-16T13:20:36.365+10:00Wow so glad I found this site I was sure somewhere...Wow so glad I found this site I was sure somewhere in my front garden was a dead cat or dog but when I ventured out the front saw these weird alien like eggs with red things growing out .<br />Now I know what they are thankyou ...,,,<br />We have had a lot of rain over the last couple of months on the Gold Coast <br />Christine Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-18166668607644713302013-07-09T23:24:00.670+10:002013-07-09T23:24:00.670+10:00Hello. Thank you for your very informative blog!
...Hello. Thank you for your very informative blog! <br /><br />My husband spied this growing in our flower bed this morning. Fortunately for us, your blog popped up in the search for whatever it might be. <br /><br />It's been unusually wet & warm here and we had no clue what was growing alongside my stargazer lily. Thanks to you, we now know. We are in the New England area and have never seen this in our gardens before. Thanks again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-4097361663853387662013-06-15T12:43:20.565+10:002013-06-15T12:43:20.565+10:00Thanks - you just helped us identify the "wei...Thanks - you just helped us identify the "weird red fugus thingy" in our backyard in Belmont North NSW (we are near the largest and most western waterholes in the Belmont Wetlands area)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-50997948171182485222013-06-12T13:42:19.770+10:002013-06-12T13:42:19.770+10:00Gaye,
I was so surprised to find your blog! I was ...Gaye,<br />I was so surprised to find your blog! I was a little freaked out when I saw two stinkhorns today! I live on a farm south of Chicago.,Il. I was very appreciative for the info on your blog as I wasn't sure what to think of those "things"! Felt relieved to hear its just a fungus...helpful info about the pets since these things are growing next to dog pen in mulch.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14617878824097669448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-67649229454819450032013-05-31T22:45:36.344+10:002013-05-31T22:45:36.344+10:00Wow... I'm amazed. I had some unsightly stin...Wow... I'm amazed. I had some unsightly stinkhorn pop up in my mulch around my lillies. At first I noticed the eggs you mentioned around the beginning of spring. Now I have these ugly things everywhere! I have not noticed an odor (& don't plan to get much closer) and they do have a pretty quick life cycle. We had a wetter than average spring so maybe that's I'm just now experiencing these in the mid-atlantic region in the U.S. (Richmond, Virginia) Thanks for this helpful information!Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232123208593148382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-28564604318334457222013-05-27T23:06:59.583+10:002013-05-27T23:06:59.583+10:00This morning I discovered a very strange plant gro...This morning I discovered a very strange plant growing in 1 of my large flower pots (I know it was not there yesterday, and today it's a few inches tall). From your pictures, it appears to be a lantern fungus. I saw you'd asked about people letting you know where they were finding these. I live in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the southeast United States. I'm glad you have this site since finding that fungus (I've never seen anything like it) was very alarming. It's nice to see I don't have to worry about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-61089087583514817962013-05-24T08:47:38.828+10:002013-05-24T08:47:38.828+10:00I forgot to add that I have counted about 25 of th...I forgot to add that I have counted about 25 of these nowAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12546869152841210298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-89844731533261496142013-05-24T08:45:00.384+10:002013-05-24T08:45:00.384+10:00Hi there. I ran across your webpage and found it ...Hi there. I ran across your webpage and found it rather interesting as I was trying to figure out the flesh like mutant looking thing growing in my grass. Your pictures where VERY helpful in allowing me to identify what it was. I believe ours is a lantern type. We live in sunny california so I am not sure how rare or un rare that is. Thanks so muchAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12546869152841210298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-72428348945842659842013-05-04T04:03:46.317+10:002013-05-04T04:03:46.317+10:00Hello!
A friend found a Starfish Fungus growing i...Hello!<br /><br />A friend found a Starfish Fungus growing in the mulch of a small garden in Columbia, South Carolina in the US. Thank you for helping us to identify it! Your blog was very useful! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431372659681922416.post-84091529596092582302013-03-04T12:44:02.814+11:002013-03-04T12:44:02.814+11:00Hi Gaye
Just a quick note to let you know that wi...Hi Gaye<br /><br />Just a quick note to let you know that with all this rain we in Brisbane have been having, I've had some Phallus Rubicundus pop up in my fairly newly mulched garden. Have never seen them before after living in Brisbane and Sydney but was fascinated to see them! Botanical Gardens said no need to remove unless we have pets (which we don't). <br /><br />Cheers<br />BeckRebecca - Brisbanenoreply@blogger.com