I had to take a moment to interrupt my normal blogging activities to ask you all…. WHAT IS THIS? What is this disgusting thing growing in my flower bed?
I came out of the house yesterday morning, locked the door and inspected my flowers as I was walking to my car. One of my new additions isn’t doing too well, I suspect it has to do with my neighbor allowing her dog to pee on it each morning. I haven’t yet been able to catch her in the act, but I’ve found the paw prints. Personally, I don’t think expandable leashes should mean that your dog is able to run from the sidewalk into my flower bed. But I digress…
During my quick morning glance, I saw this! This odd looking carrot-ish thing growing next to a azalea. My curiosity piqued, I walked over for closer inspection. It was about 4 inches high, orange, with a brown tip. I was baffled, how could something grow 4 inches overnight?
I drug Kevin out to inspect it as soon as I got home, and he was equally amazed and disgusted. The brown tip I had observed earlier now looked wet and smeared in poop. Kevin bravely poked it with a stick and we found out it was hollow and spongey.
While I made dinner, Kevin googled “what is this orange penis growing in my garden” and found out it is the Stinkhorn fungus, named quite appropriately. It is commonly found in commercial mulch, so after you stock up from Lowe’s you might find some in your garden. It’s not known to be poisonous, but the website cautioned that you shouldn’t eat it. Oh, good, thanks for the warning.
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