What is this?
 

Can anyone identify this? I found them in a yard in northern Virginia, it
also seems to attract a lot of flies. Thanks in advance.

http://tinyurl.com/6x7vu

stinkhorns

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Stinkhorn

Tim wrote:
Can anyone identify this? I found them in a yard in northern Virginia, it
also seems to attract a lot of flies. Thanks in advance.

http://tinyurl.com/6x7vu

"Tim" expounded:

Can anyone identify this? I found them in a yard in northern Virginia, it
also seems to attract a lot of flies. Thanks in advance.

http://tinyurl.com/6x7vu

Too bad they were knocked over, they're cool when they open (even if
they do stink).

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Ann, Gardening in zone 6a
Just south of Boston, MA
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"Ann" wrote in message
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"Tim" expounded:


Too bad they were knocked over, they're cool when they open (even if
they do stink).


They didn't seem to have a stink (even the ones still standing), is there a
variety with a less offensive odor?

"Tim" expounded:

They didn't seem to have a stink (even the ones still standing), is there a
variety with a less offensive odor?

Maybe....and maybe they aren't stinkhorns as the other poster said.
Unless they open and you really see the structure you can't be sure.
I remember the stinkhorns I had in my hard really did stink throughout
their whole growth, so I guess yours aren't.

--
Ann, Gardening in zone 6a
Just south of Boston, MA
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Ann wrote:

"Tim" expounded:

They didn't seem to have a stink (even the ones still standing), is there a
variety with a less offensive odor?

Maybe....and maybe they aren't stinkhorns as the other poster said.
Unless they open and you really see the structure you can't be sure.
I remember the stinkhorns I had in my hard really did stink throughout
their whole growth, so I guess yours aren't.

They kind of resemble immature or abortive mushrooms of the genus
Amanita. Many amanitas are attractive to flies, especially the classic
Amanita muscaria, which grows in association with conifer or birch tree
roots. Most amanitas are poisonous; some are among the most toxic
mushrooms on Earth. Some are good eating. A few are hallucinogenic.

But I really do think those are stinkhorns and yes, some smell better
(less worse?) than others, and some don't stink until they sporulate.
You just have to admire them for their audacious aspect, especially some
of the more suggestive species! A repugnant, yet fascinating design.
Hard to kill a stinkhorn, no matter how funky it looks and smells.

Hi Tim,
You might want to click around here to see if you can id your 'shrooms.

http://www.bluewillowpages.com/mushr...ert/index.html

Newt

"Newt" wrote in message
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Hi Tim,
You might want to click around here to see if you can id your
'shrooms.

http://tinyurl.com/4smqa


Thanks!

"Tim" in :



seems to attract a lot of flies



http://tinyurl.com/6x7vu

hey! isn't this a 'family' newsgroup?

:-)

Tim,
You are very welcome.
Newt