Question: We have lived on our property for 10 years. And these guys never popped up. At the base of a …
-
Question
We have lived on our property for 10 years. And these guys never popped up. At the base of a tree near the house these wierd orange and green things come out of the ground around mid-day very rapidly and the dry up and fall off. Only for an hour or so. Are they part of the tree? I have a science background but they perplex me.
Answer
SKBLAKE, your image appears to be capturing a fungus in the order Phalllales (stinkhorns). It looks much like dog stinkhorn (Mutinus caninus). If you perform a web search and examine images of that species, you can confirm or refute that hypothesis. Best wishes.
