What is this odd pink thing, popping up in my garden!

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miavcr Valley Village, CA Jun 14, 2009

I have found these in multiple places in my garden, pushing through the dirt. what are they?
i am so curious.
thanks

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miavcr Valley Village, CA Jun 14, 2009

a picture of it poking out of the ground

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bugme Barnesville, GA(Zone 7b) Jun 14, 2009

I can only say eeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww! Try your county ag. extension agent, most are online and you can send your image to them for i.d. Sure will be interesting what they say.

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gcorrier Lenoir City, TN Jun 14, 2009

It is a fungus I believe much like a mushroom. Some call it devils fingers. Do yours smell really bad and tend to draw a large numder of flies?

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gcorrier Lenoir City, TN Jun 14, 2009

miavcr: see post of american woman on this or very similar looking fungi. Someone there suggested baking soda and water.

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miavcr Valley Village, CA Jun 14, 2009

I think you are right, although when I google devil's fingers, the ones that come up have more than one protrusion. Mine only emerges as a single thing. Same family though I think.
thank you.

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Twincol Fresno, CA(Zone 9b) Jun 14, 2009

Yes, bugme, I agree! Eeeeeeeewww, they're nasty!

Miavcr, I am in the Central Valley, Fresno. I also have these come up at times in my yard. Mine smell nasty. They also come up as singletons, but most typically with other types of mushrooms nearby, and typically during wet seasons, although not really cold. We are a dry environment, as a rule. I was hoping to see a response to your query. Well, there is, isn't there?

Now I am wondering what to do about fungi of all sorts which show up in my yard. I always worry about the dogs and fear that the little things are poisonous. So, my final question is what to do to keep fungi out of my yard, if it's even possible.

Linda


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gcorrier Lenoir City, TN Jun 15, 2009

Someone in the other post suggested backing soda and water. I do not know the reciepe. Might check the other post and/or the local ag extension office. Ag office should be able to give detailed info on exact nature of this invader as well as prevention and control. They grow in the woods around my house but not too close to tree line so I don't worry about them.

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americanwoman Redford, MI(Zone 6a) Jun 15, 2009

Go see my post above and you will see what I have. I believe yours is from the same family and if you click on the two links someone was nice enough to post you will see a lot of "strange" for lack of a better word.

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Metrosideros Keaau, HI Jun 15, 2009

It is a Stinkhorn Fungus. Maybe Lysurus mokusin.

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