MUSHROOMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I have these mushrooms in my yard and I have no clue how to get rid of them!!!!!!!!!! They haven't been here at all this summer, but today, as I was walking up to my front door, I saw them. THEY ARE DISGUSTING!!!!!!!!! The reason I saw them is because THEY STINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They are an orangy-pinky color when they open. Does anyone know how I can get rid of these? The smell is soooo bad, that I have to hold my nose to walk out of my house and they grow right infront of Rylee's window, so when it gets cooler, I can't even open her window. SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE!!!!

By Ginny~moderator on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 - 04:44 pm:

If you've had much rain, they are awful. Are they, perhaps, stinkhorns. What you have to do is get them out as quickly as possible. I suggest you talk to your local garden center to learn if there is a safe way to treat the soil so that they won't grow again. In the meantime, put on some disposable plastic gloves and pull them up, putting them in a plastic bag and into the trash. Check every day to see if more are growing - you're right, they do spring up overnight and get to full growth quickly.

One reason to get rid of them, of course, is so that no children are tempted. I had some mushrooms in my front yard yesterday that my son said are definitely poisonous - he took a class in toxic plants when he was working at the School of Vet - and that I should wash my hands very thoroughly after pulling them out ... which is why I recommend the disposable gloves.

By Bellajoe on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 - 05:45 pm:

We have some mushrooms too, they weren't there till we had a bunch of rain then all of a sudden POOF! there they are. Mine don't stink though, so i guess i am lucky. They are rather obscene looking, if you know what i mean. ;-)

By Rayanne on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 - 06:19 pm:

I think that that is what they might be.
There are usually four pinky things sticking out of the ground. They kind of look like this. . How can I get rid of them for good?

By Annie2 on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 - 06:29 pm:

We had several of these last year. They stink and look like ALIENS! My lawn guy at the time dug them up by the roots and they never came back. I didn't want to go near them.

By Ginny~moderator on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 - 06:27 am:

Definitely the phallic stinkhorn. The name is descriptive, isn't it. Here is a link to more information: http://www.bluewillowpages.com/mushroomexpert/phallaceae.html

The site says they are not poisonous, just obnoxious.

By Janet on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 - 09:58 am:

Sheesh! I've never seen those things..ugh!

By Rayanne on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 - 10:16 am:

I called homedepot today and they don't have anything to get rid of them. I guess I just have to wait until I can smell them and have Chris remove them. UGH!!!! I HATE THESE THINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Ilovetom on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 - 09:04 pm:

Those are really nasty!

By Kernkate on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 - 11:16 pm:

Yuk, they look really nasty...I have never seen one of them. Let alone smelled one, which is probably a good thing!!
Hope you can get rid of them quick.

By Rayanne on Thursday, August 5, 2004 - 09:13 am:

Me t!!!!!!!!!!!
They smell like a dead animal is in my yard.
I am not overexagerating(sp?) either.

By Sue3 on Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 07:51 am:

No you are not! I just found some in my flower bed this morn.YUCK!
Very strange looking and stinky.Now I have to get up the nerve to remove them.LOL.

By Rayanne on Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 09:12 am:

I have DH do it because I am too chicken sh**. I hate that smell and if I have to carry it, I will probably puke.

By Kay on Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 12:12 pm:

I read some advice recently from a gardening specialist, and he said that since a mushroom is a fungus, an herbicide wouldn't help...however, it's best to pull them out of the ground when you see them.

Good luck - I get the regular toadstool-type mushrooms, not the one you mentioned - YUK!