Alien plant in my yard

It looks like a carrot growing upside down.

Post edited by: fepony, at: 2008/02/22 17:56

Post edited by: fepony, at: 2008/02/22 17:59

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This is a type of fungi known as a stinkhorn. Information on this can be found here: http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/july99.html

There's not much you can do about them. They seem to grow mainly in mulch or dead leaves. I get them in my garden too. I find them unusual but they don't seem to be distructive in any way. Still, I don't think I'd want to eat them.

Thanks so much...great info.

Great to know (I don't ask these questions but I am really learning a lot here)