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Ooower, I say, mrs. That's a big un!
But is it poisonous and should I treat my lawn with anything?



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ooerr indeed Ian-- I think you need 'one of the clever ones'. to answer !

10 Jun, 2010

 

The ants seem to like it, although I have noticed they are just sitting there now instead of scurrying around as they were this morning. Perhaps it's "magic" and they're all feeling a bit squiffy?

10 Jun, 2010

 

Stinkhorn Fungus, pull it up and burn it, you can't eat them.

10 Jun, 2010

 

Thanks Doctorbob, I didn't really fancy eating it but was worried that Holly might get hold of some of it if it grew all over the place?

10 Jun, 2010

 

Now's your chance to teach Holly about not eating stuff from the garden, because some of it might be poisonous.

10 Jun, 2010

 

Doctorbob has nthe correct id, but you can't just 'pull' it up - do you want to wrap your hand round that!!!! When we get one I use a hand fork to dig underneath it and remove the bulbous underground portion as well as as many rooting threads as possible.
We suddenly had a spate of them several years ago. They kept coming back for a few years but, now, we don't seem to have them anymore.

10 Jun, 2010

 

Oh and they stink like rotting meat to attract the flies that pollenate them... truly stomach turning! As himself says we had a spate a few years ago - thankfully they have now gone again, sitting in the garden with a glass of wine and getting a wiff of that is not fun.

10 Jun, 2010

 

Thanks Guys, I'll dig the thing out in the morning!

10 Jun, 2010

 

Phallus impudicus, is its latin name if you are interested. They are very ooo er arnt they. local name round our way when i was a kid was stinking willies!

10 Jun, 2010

 

You got it SBG :-)

10 Jun, 2010

 

Pull it up and burn it? This is not a disease! Occasional saprophytic fungi in your garden are fine no matter what shape they take.

Incidentally, this is one fungus that like flowering plants uses an animal to spread itself. The fungus emits a rotting smell and the spores which are contained in a slimy mass on the tip attract flies that inadvertently disperse them. Clever.

10 Jun, 2010

 

The stench ensured that any appearing in our garden were dug up Fractal... we certainly did not burn though.

11 Jun, 2010

 

I don't fancy having our Holly pulling it up or worse trying to eat the thing so up it must come!

Thank you all once again for your help. ;~))

11 Jun, 2010

 

Ian you really need to teach Holly not to eat anything from the garden without talking to you first. You will be amazed at the number of toxic plants we all have in our gardens!

11 Jun, 2010

 

Hi MG I've PM'ed you!

11 Jun, 2010

 

on that point I fully agree with Mg. I taught both my girls what to do. I remember them coming to show me some lovely red berries they had found. they were nightshade! I t is a good way of showing holly the wonders of nature.

11 Jun, 2010

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