Weirdest thing ever in my lawn

[bunnymendelbaum]

I seriously thought someone might have castrated their dog and threw it in my yard.

It looked alive! Freaked me out. I went back out and poked it with a stick (well, duh!) and it is a fungus. Doctor Google tells me an Elegant Stinkhorn. It smells like rotting meat and flies eat this green slime off of it. Disgusting, but man, nature is really amazing.

[Deleted]

Ew! I've had dog vomit mold, but that's a new one.

[adhdfashion]

That is really gross and now I want to google weird funguses.

[finally]

We had them bad a few years ago.  And since you showed me yours, I'll show you mine...That top slimy part was the worst!  I like one of the nicknames for it... dog stinkhorn!!!

[kaylie]

Oooh, we got a few last year but they weren't as gooey. Yick.

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May 18, 2013 18:27:33 GMT -5 finally said:

We had them bad a few years ago.  And since you showed me yours, I'll show you mine...That top slimy part was the worst!  I like one of the nicknames for it... dog stinkhorn!!!

[katie4253]

May 18, 2013 18:27:33 GMT -5 finally said:

We had them bad a few years ago.  And since you showed me yours, I'll show you mine...That top slimy part was the worst!  I like one of the nicknames for it... dog stinkhorn!!!

Anyone else think this doesn't look like vomit, but does look like a penis?  LOL!  Anyone?  Or, am I just a dirty bird?

[mrs.jacinthe]

You could totally transfer that to the vagina vase for an elegant yard presentation...

[finally]

May 18, 2013 22:01:03 GMT -5 katie4253 said:

May 18, 2013 18:27:33 GMT -5 finally said:

We had them bad a few years ago.  And since you showed me yours, I'll show you mine...That top slimy part was the worst!  I like one of the nicknames for it... dog stinkhorn!!!

Anyone else think this doesn't look like vomit, but does look like a penis?  LOL!  Anyone?  Or, am I just a dirty bird?

That's totally what I thought.  Some of the other posts are referring to the vomit funguses but mine is a penis!!!

[tarheels]

Bunny, those things are the devil! Once you get them, they're so hard to get rid of!! Mine kept coming back and coming back until I dug out the entire area, put the soil in a garbage bag and threw it out, and poured straight Clorox on the ground. Environmentally friendly, no, but the only thing that gets rid of them so far as I know. You might get rid of the top penis part in other ways, but unless you dig out the soil and kill what's there, you haven't killed the bottom and they'll keep coming back.

[bunnymendelbaum]

Good thing we are outta here in 15 days! Not my problem! Ha!

I did dig up the bulb part because I was curious. Maybe now I'll go cut out a bigger area and throw it away to be nice.

[315]

Wow, that thing really is weird. And phallic.

[aweilba]

Ew.  That sure is an interesting fungus! Are those things toxic to animals?

[bunnymendelbaum]

aweilba
I don't think so. I believe wiki said they were edibles in the early stages. I never eat wild mushrooms though, too dicey.

[aweilba]

May 19, 2013 19:12:11 GMT -5 bunnymendelbaum said:

aweilba
I don't think so. I believe wiki said they were edibles in the early stages. I never eat wild mushrooms though, too dicey.

Hm... I was just wondering for the safety of dogs and such in the event that one ever sprouts in my lawn.  My dog will eat just about anything that he sees out there, so we're always wary of different fungi that we see. 

[whitemerlot]

That is bizarre! Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!

[Bonita]

Ugh, we've had those...thankfully I haven't seen any yet this year, but I do think the rabbits like to eat them.

It seems like they pop up over night, but are gone by the next day or day after. I freaked out when I first saw them too, ha ha!