I have some pretty things growing in my garden.
I have american beautyberry. These bright purple berries will feed birds in late winter.
I have boltonia with its masses of white flowers:
I even have some switchgrass:
However, I also have something not too pretty in the front yard. It has a rather suggestive shape, don't you think?
Most are upright. Some are floppy.
They also attract flies because they smell:
After a little web research I discovered these are called "dog stinkhorn" fungus. Mutinus caninus I think. They have a sac-like structure from which the orange fruiting body emerges. (Great. Like we really needed more analogous body parts here.) Also, according to one website these fungi are a delicacy in China. They are eaten as an aphrodisiac. Gee, what a surprise. The same website also says there isn't a way to get rid of them short of paving over the yard.
So to sum up: I have lots of brightly-colored, phallic-shaped fungi. They are in my front yard. They smell. They attract flies. There's nothing I can do about it.
Wonderful.
1 comment:
eat them out of existence?
(Assuming you're not afraid of being poisoned to death...)
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