Comments on: Warning!!! Still Scary In The Garden!!!

By: “Bread Rock” | East Side Patch

“Bread Rock” | East Side Patch — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:18:32 +0000

[...] the smell that hit us like a tsunami of flatulence. A stink horn is a terrible thing (right G?) http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=637 but this rank atrocity came pretty close as far as tickling ones [...]

By: Anarchy in the Garden

Anarchy in the Garden — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:14:00 +0000

Girl, that is just so wrong. It looks like the Treasure Chest all up in your garden!

By: Starlilygazing

Starlilygazing — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:54:42 +0000

Dear Germi, you made me laugh so hard my husband had to come over to see what was up. I’ve been behind on reading your posts, but soooo glad I caught up on this one. You are so good to share with us and so patient with Mother Fungus and her nasty little growths.

By: Blake

Blake — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:07:18 +0000

Hmm. An emoticon mysteriously inserted itself above like an uninvited fungus… please disregard!

By: Blake

Blake — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:05:57 +0000

Holy *&#$%@! First, I was laughing… then I was regretting the fact that I paired blog-visiting with eating today… then I went, “NOOOO! EWWWWWW!” so loud my co-workers were startled. The mental image of a mother fungus lurking under a whole neighborhood is almost too much… but I’m a little squeamish like that. Glad you’re (mostly) laughing about it, Germi! I’d be throwing up

By: Summer

Summer — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:07:20 +0000

ROFL! Well, you have to admit, they’re good for laughs if nothing else. And they spawn such great metaphors. Devil’s eyeball, dog barf fungus, hedgehog itchings… to say nothing of the lovely descriptive Latin nominclature.

By: Willi

Willi — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:24:00 +0000

Oh dear. I just blushed. These mushrooms make me want to go eww. But not as bad as the slime mold (technical name) also known as dog barf fungus (not-so-technical name) that I found in my sideyard once. Mushrooms are strange, strange beings!

By: germinatrix

germinatrix — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:54:27 +0000

Helen – I promise – there is NO GOOD anywhere in this! Although I am pleased to be able to bring the odd … um … fungus to gardeners attention, I fervently hope that nobody has to encounter one (much less TWO!) of these in their beloved beds and borders. Because, seriously – EEEWWWW!

Oh, Expat – I feel that I have been given the dubious gift of slimy stinkhorns in my garden because I can laugh at them, rather than run screaming in the other direction (Actually, I’m totally lying. I ran screaming the first time I saw and smelled my first stinkhorn). And you are right! One thing my garden is NOT, is dull! And it is also not clean, but I’m working on that! XO!

You know, ESP, you know! And I KNOW you know, so I have a bit of comfort in that special kind of gardener’s solidarity that is forged in the face of something weird and disgusting. YES – these are the most embarrassing of the fungi! Insisting on looking so very much like a – like a THAT! (I’ve noticed that the stinkhorn has a power – the more phallic it becomes, the less am I able to ‘name that shape’ … I become shy and afraid. I hate this thing!)
The Mother Fungus is certainly living in the higher reaches of Hell, ready to visit her wrath upon us all. I think you are right … which garden blogger is going to get the NEXT stinkhorn visit? We can only wait and see!

May The Foul Horn Pass You By!!!

Chanchow!!! Hi!! You know, I think there may be a stinkhorn plague going on in Eagle Rock, because I’ve noticed a handful while walking Dexter and Sadie! I’ll smell them first, and then the next day, there they are! What is up? Maybe we have one of those SUPER Mother Fungus (otherwise known as Mycelium) that are as big as 3 football fields!
Thank goodness yours were far away from your favorite outdoor hang-outs! Cuz YUK!

You are KIDDING!!! One erupted right before Alex’s Birthday Party??? Oh, that is PRICELESS!!!I can just imagine the look on your Mom’s face, because it’s so true – they look like we have planted special seeds for a penis plant! I mean – really! How RUDE can a mushroom BE? I am so impressed that you took the situation in hand, like a good Mom should, and made everything nice for your little girl’s birthday party! I, on the other hand, made sure it was protected so that everyone who came over for my pumpkin carving party could get a good gross look at it. Both ways are good.
Be prepared – these things tend to travel in packs! XO!

By: Carri

Carri — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:29:46 +0000

I got my first stinkhorn this summer- and the only reason I knew what it was is because you posted about one a while back. It was actually embarrassing- the start of my 3 year olds birthday party, and my mom and grandmother had asked me to show them around the garden. We first encountered the smell, and then I finally saw it (thanks to all the flies that were buzzing around it). “Well that’s a funny looking plant!” my grandma said. Leave it to my mom to say “Why are you growing p e n i s e s?!”. I promptly grabbed a shovel and dug it up, before it could scare any of the children.

By: chanchow

chanchow — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:03:03 +0000

I have those in my veggie beds!!! With flies crawling all over them. Blech. Fortunately, my beds are way in the back of the garden, so the smell isn’t so terrible…