I have only seen one or two at a time, before. It seems, from my reading, stinkhorn fungi appear in composted soil and/or areas with commercial mulch (both of which appear in this little area, above). Perhaps you have seen a round fungal ball under the soil? I have seen these from time-to-time, with branching "rootlets." These in-the-soil balls are the "seeds" of stinkhorn fungi.
You can read this and more general information about these fungi here.
I may be less mystified, but... not completely!! Perhaps some of our recent weather conditions have contributed to the Numerous appearance of these fungi? (Yes, I have just read in other sources, that cool wet weather provides prime growing conditions for these fungi!)
Okay! Mystified by the appearance of so many, but not as Mystified by why they have occurred.
SG :-)
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What intriguing specimens of fungi never seen anything like it before!
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Ha, I thought it was seafood leftovers!
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Hello, Denise. I should have added more information in this post, such as the terrible smell that attracts flies... Which spreads the spores to new territory.
ReplyDeleteHi, Roger! You really wouldn't want to eat these! :-)
ReplyDeleteStrange indeed those fungi among I....:)
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