wrote:
Please forgive my non-technical gardening terminology. I have a
flower-bed on the front of my house and spores are growing in the dirt
in certain areas of the bed. I was hoping that someone could tell me
what these spores are and also how to get rid of them. They are quite
unsightly to look at.

To see the spores, go he

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b9...sthe/fungi.jpg

Thanks!


They appear to be mushrooms growing on the damp wood chips in your
flower bed. Take a hoe or trowel and break them off. Let the bed dry out
and they will probably disappear. Don't eat them, they may be poisonous.

George