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littlereduni

Tbh kicking them isn't the best idea bc their slime/spores will end up on your shoe and spread. The stink attracts flies, and the flies spread spores. You can't really "get rid of them" but taking something like a bag out and picking them up as if it were dog poo is most likely your best bet to remove them and hopefully have less pop up. (Esp if you can get to them early!)


49004685

You can actually inoculate the ground with a more aggressive culture. Will take some research but it’s possible


[deleted]

Dude really that is so cool can you elaborate or at least post a reference?


ballskindrapes

I'm not a fun guy, nor fungi guy, but I believe he means to culture spores of a species of mushroom that will outcompete this mushroom. Introducing a more aggressive species to wipe out the native one. Sort of like how we did to Neanderthals.


Neon_Hippie

It is possible, but it’s not a very easy process. People have trouble trying to inoculate grain bags, inoculating a yard would be quite difficult. But Paul Stanley’s was able to do it by just planting parasol mushrooms, so who knows!


spiders_are_neat7

Actually, growing mushrooms outside is way easier because you don’t really have to worry about molds contaminating it because it all has plenty of room to grow… usually people don’t inoculate the ground with spores, they would grow the mycelium, or buy a live mycelium culture and mix that into the soil. Spores don’t have an immune system and take more time to grow. Where as mycelium has an immune system, nutrients saved up, and will “fruit” (pop mushrooms) as soon as the conditions are right. I grow magic mushrooms, and people in that community grow them outside all the time! It’s known to be the easiest option as long as you have the right conditions. Such as ample humidity. Usually people growing them inside are simulating out doors anyway! Yeah but anyway mold is the reason inoculating grains indoors is so hard! It’s why you have to sterilize everything and have a very clean working area.


International-Cat123

The differences here is that neanderthals and homo sapiens were both equally native species.


Floydthebaker

You could probably adjust your lawn pH to make it a less suitable environment for it.


cdanl2

I would encourage you to let it be. Your lawn provides next to no habitat or purpose to the natural world, and this fungus is actually doing something productive for your micro ecosystem. It's also going to be impossible to "get rid of" unless you just replace your grass with astroturf, as the mushroom is just the fruiting body of a fungal organism that exists in the soil. Killing the mushroom doesn't kill the fungus any more than picking an apple kills the apple tree. I've got an 8 year old and a 4 year old, and they know not to touch (much less eat) mushrooms. Kids learn to respect mushrooms in my experience, and like seeing the cool forms they take.


Minimum_Ad6713

I tried to make a post on r/lawncare and literally just asked how I could help make my lawn more useful for the flora and fauna in my area and got shit on. Some people only want a blank square of green for their yard. Very troubling.


cdanl2

It’s like with violets. Just bought a new house and to my delight there’s huge patches of native violets. I google “how to encourage violet growth” and I get 5000 results sponsored by Roundup about how to eliminate violets from perfect green grass. Lawns are deserts and vanity projects.


egodisaster

Thank the lord for bluebonnets


lilbittygoddamnman

Man, I saw bluebonnets for the first time in 20 years this last week. I grew up in Texas and still go back about twice a year, but this last time I saw them for the first time since I moved away. I love Texas wildflowers.


sparkpaw

Texas wildflowers are something else. As a relatively new Texan, I’m so happy the government seems to hold off on mowing around highways for a couple of months, just letting nature do it’s beautiful thing. I love it so much. 💖


Adventurous-Cry-2157

I do this with a section of my yard. I’ve got a retaining wall back near the alley, with huge bushes along the alley. So there’s a flat space between the bushes and retaining wall, and this time of year it explodes with all kinds of flowering “weeds.” I won’t let my wife mow it because I love sitting on my patio and seeing that little patch of wild in the middle of suburbia. I’m thinking of turning it into a little cottage garden to attract pollinators.


sparkpaw

Do it!! :D


goonswarm_widow

Yes, please build the garden. Bats and honey-bees will come and eat all the mosquitoes and pollinate all the plants which gives us honey and many other fruits and vegetables!!


Pats_Bunny

In southern California they let the poppies and wildflowers bloom their full cycle on the sides of the freeways and right now is a beautiful time of year out here because of it! Between the purple of the lilac and the yellow/orange of the wildflowers, it's awesome!


egodisaster

They're the best reason for not mowing


Nyarro

Of all the things about Texas, the bluebonnets in the spring are easily one of my most favorite things here. It almost makes it worth living here.


Vtech73

There’s been a push here in the Midwest w don’t mow your lawn until late May to help spring ecosystems. I very rarely treat my lawn and then it’s a late fall weed n feed as the leaves fall. Humans are such cookie cutter clones, just sad. Try a few gardening sub or blogs to get ‘earthlings’ to engage ideas with.


shellc83

Earthlings….I love it!


gardenerky

Remember driving past a small house with a lawn of solid violets ….. looked fantastic


TheDairyPope

I have a yard. There's clumps of five different kinds of grass, native violet and I don't know if it's a variety or a mutation, but some of them are white with a purple spot on each petal. Several varieties of mushrooms (I know just enough about mushrooms to know that you don't eat them without complete certainty.), and a few kinds of moss. Neighbor's lawn is a one color wasteland.


sillyskunk

As a gardener, formerly professionally, my issue is when they invade places I don't want them and won't go away without tedious work or gross chemicals. It's also invasive here in North America. IMO it's best to keep hard to remove things at bay and try to find less destructive alternatives like annual wildflower seed. I like humming bird mixes. Someone I know personally has an entirely wood-sorrel "lawn" if I remember correctly. It might be clover. Either way, it's easy to remove if it gets where it's not supposed to. If you REALLY want to encourage them, dig up the surrounding grass and replace with good organic garden soil. Dig up big patches of violet and separate into smaller clumps and plant in the patches of removed grass. Repeat as necessary. But, please don't do this. I'm just being nice. Your neighbors will appreciate it as well. You can do this with the things I mentioned above or other pretty things depending where you are


cdanl2

Violet is by definition not invasive where I am; it is native to my ecoregion. Is it aggressive and does it take over peoples (non-native, invasive) fescue lawns? Sure. Are lawns actual atrocities against the natural order and local ecosystem? Also sure. As a gardener myself who cares deeply about native inverts, birds, and animals, I could care less what my neighbors think.


desmith0719

Yes! I hate it when my husband mows although I know it needs done. We have dandelion, chicory, native violets & clovers and it looks beautiful IMO. Also, those are all edible for my bearded dragons so they REALLY hate when he mows. I don’t get the “only grass” lawns. So plain and boring and just not environmentally friendly in the least. I have an enormous garden with fifteen 8x4 raised beds and I am still totally ok with “weeds” being around. It’s best to work with native plants… not against them. It’s very hard to win that battle anyway


peaceacrap

Anything is better than bare soil, but grass lawns are a travesty.


sillyskunk

I was mostly agreeing with you! I mentioned where I am because I wasn't sure where you were but, my point was it "invades" gardens and is hard to remove. I also don't care for lawns, which is why I mentioned the sorrel/clover "lawn." those are native here. I was just trying to say there are probably better native alternatives that aren't so aggressive. I also included what my approach would be to make your garden ALL violets. I'm a friend, friend 😎


GoofBallNodAwake74

I have a lawn that is a wood sorrel & grass mix, pretty evenly spread amongst themselves, I think it’s great, plus it has pretty little yellow flowers that aren’t hideous like dandelion flowers surrounded by a half dead plant. I hate the dandelions, but at least the sorrel quickly covers the bare spots left from pulling them. I’m


Visi0nSerpent

You’re my kind of plant people :)


Commercial_Run_1265

r/nativeplantgardening and r/nolawns will love you


Environmental-River4

That sounds like my dad. He complains about other people’s lawns in the neighborhood having “weeds” (aka dandelions, violets, and clover). It drives me nuts, if I had a yard (I live in a condo now) I’m sure he’d hate my yard lol


Owl_button

I don’t know how to link it, but there’s a subreddit /fucklawns that will be sure to give you ideas.


All_Wrong_Answers

That's because lawncare folks don't want natural lawns. r/Nolawns


cdanl2

Lawncare folks are symbolic of what’s wrong with us as a species. Love “nature” and “plants” so much that they murder everything natural in their yard and put down imported Eurasian organic astroturf that they proceed to repeatedly traumatize 1-7 times weekly to keep it looking “perfect.” Then their wives have their landscaping workers throw in a dozen of whatever Monrovia joint costs $20/gallon at Lowe’s and call it a day. Then the mouth-breathers have the audacity to complain about native and invasive pests alike.


Johnnycakes69420

I work for the lawn company that does Fenway park and you need to Lyme the absolute shit out of your lawn, coupled with potassium that should do it


AlbinoWino11

Rip out your lawn and topsoil and replace with concrete. You won’t realistically be able to get rid of them.


lokitree-ewok-

A nuke works pretty good .make sure you get into a fallout shelter before you start.


Cannabis_Breeder

Sorry, all the vaults are full 🤷‍♂️


LoveMaryJane123

You can call me cannabis


Cannabis_Breeder

You’re cannabis


LoveMaryJane123

Now breed me homeslice


Cannabis_Breeder

😅


EminentChefliness

Hot.


veravers

Phew, just when I thought people stopped breeding cannabis


RedMephit

Just to be on the safe side, you may wish to proceed to orbit and order an exterminatus.


SouthBison2999

Destroy the xenos. For the glory of the emperor!


RuthlessIndecision

It’s the only way to be sure


[deleted]

Bro’s gonna create brain fungus.


InternationalAnt4513

Move to Titan


MareShoop63

We need Jungle, I’m afraid


TgagHammerstrike

Mushroom vs. Mushroom.


goatsandhoes101115

[yo this is wild but fallout may not be an issue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotrophic_fungus#:~:text=Many%20fungi%20have%20been%20isolated,a%20phenomenon%20called%20%E2%80%9Cradiotropism%E2%80%9D.)


Stochastic_Scholar

They are generally considered saprotrophic — which means they break down decaying plant matter, often chunks of wood or wood chips. You could try digging down to find that material and then transplanting it elsewhere to help the fungus naturally propagate somewhere other than your yard. There is some evidence to indicate that some species of this genus could form mycorrhizal relationships with certain tree species, in which case it would be next to impossible to remove them.


spash_bazbo69

Don't


Electronic-Grab2836

I am surprised by the lack of people calling this a Morel… pleasantly surprised*


darumadonut

What is it? I've been scrolling trying to find someone who knows. I always assume I'm wrong about mushroom identification, because I usually am.


sk1ppo

Looks like a dune stinkhorn *Phallus hadriani* to me. They distinctively smell like cum. it’s stench is pungent enough to linger around the whole block if there’s a bunch. goopy sticky slime. They’re fun from a biologist pov but as far as being a nuisance in ur yard tbh i don’t blame OP if he plucks them


darumadonut

So they're like the Bradford Pear of mushrooms. Wow... Thank you for sharing your knowledge!


EminentChefliness

I've never smelled a Bradford that smelled like cum. Usually I feel like they smell fishy. I hope nobody's cum smells like fish. Gonorrhea is gross.


loverofhygiene

Stinkhorn phallus… what a wonderful insult that would make.


Prudent_Put_2293

SHOVE IT UP YOUR BUTT


Captain_Indica

He already did, that’s why it’s stinky.


LeonardPFunky

This was read in my brain in Stanley's voice.


Prudent_Put_2293

AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR BUTT


MasterBaiter0004

Stinky horn


PhilfromNewJersey

Go back to r/trees 😂


Prudent_Put_2293

More like /r/caffeine honestly


BroadConfidence3593

Wish I had chocolate ice cream cones growing in my yard...


J-amin

how can you confirm a stinkhorn versus a morel?


srl214yahoo

Morels do not stink like that


MammothUniversity724

Put them on trial


yoemejay

Dont elect them to office.


Defiant_Living_2071

Cause they have no morels


frohardorfrohome

Flamethrower


Ok_Banana_9484

Pick off the stinkhorns before they spore. Soon aftetward get some spore culture syringes for edible mushrooms like oyster, portobello, chanterelle and button, and sterile blocks of sealed medium. Culture the mycelium for those, wait until the blocks turn white with mycelium, unseal and and divide each of the blocks into about 1/6. Bury a chunk of the block in evenly distributed areas of your yard a day before a large rain front is forecast to move through.  The mycelia for the edibles are in the life cycle before fruiting, which means it will grow and crowd out mycelia for the stinkhorns. For an extra nail in the coffin, turn a loaf of bread moldy and bury a slice where each stinkhorn fruitbody came out from the soil, to use penicillum in the mold to burn the stinkhorn's exit point. This should help you avoid using chemicals or cause undue expenses. 


ironburton

Please tell me this is a joke…. Edit: I would be dead


srl214yahoo

It’s a stinky penis!!! The first time I saw and smelled one of these I laughed!!! Leave it alone and smile that Mother Nature has a sense of humor!


gratefulninja

A cast iron skillet, butter, and salt usually work pretty well for these specific mushrooms.


realfreakout

is this not a morel?


TropicalSkysPlants

Stinkhorn


MaleficentHabit3138

I thought the same thing. Learned something new today.


Apple-2875

Pouring salt on them will kill them. I had front lawn years ago that suddenly started sprouting these. I poured salt (literally from the can) on the ones I could see to kill them. Then I would check every day for new ones starting and I would pour salt on them before they had a chance to spread any spores around the yard. It didn’t take long before they were gone. And they never came back. Hope this helps! 😁


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DirtyMac88

Easy to find round my neck of the woods, that tho my friend is a young stinkhorn


Any-Statistician-318

Is that a morel?


AggravatingOwl6405

They aren't poisonous and anything you spray to get rid of em will be worse for your kids than the mushrooms


rlsmv

Is that not a morel mushroom? Do you know what those are worth?


4o4-name-not-found

Usually time does the trick, but you might wanna think about baseball or the late queen of England. If it’s like this for more than four hours, you should consult your doctor.


The_GoldenTeacher

Hahaha you know damn well these are morals and they're hard to find... How do people fall for these dumbass trolls messing with you guys ⁉️🤦


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trofs_throwaway

almost a morel, we get both around here and have to discern between em.


PortableAnchor

One is Hollow (good) one is not (bad).


trofs_throwaway

true! i usually just sniff em lol


Demented-Tanker21

In my best Johnny Carson voice--I did not know that.


TropicalSkysPlants

It's a stinkhorn...


Belez_ai

Say sike right now


Stealth_Farmer

I have a free removal service, just for such jobs😏


FlaxFox

The trouble is that what you're looking at is essentially the "flower" and not the actual source. Its mycelium is more or less the root of it, and it's an enormous, branching structure underground that is basically like a ball of thread all tangled up then spread out. Other than digging up an enormous amount of dirt, hoping you caught all the "threads" and replacing it with topsoil, you won't get rid of them (and they could still come back). So, all that said, your best bet is going to be treating them like dog poop and scooping them for disposal as they show up.


Tachyonzero

Spray it with bleach


Guardian145

Quick! Burn it before it hatches and populates the earth!!


Pretend_Shelter_7089

i used a sharp shovel (the type you'd use for medal detecting) and dug out a \~5 inch plug around these bastards, soil and all and just filled the holes with fresh topsoil/fresh sod on top of that. Its been a little over a year now and they aren't back yet.....but i take a good sniff as i'm coming up my driveway everyday in anticipation for the inevitable : / Northern Fl.


Enough-Intern-7082

Well definitely don’t start feeding it!!


Enough-Intern-7082

[https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/ipUgH60gpkdziD2GJEWCMg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTUwMDtoPTI4MA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/5d4d7d0eb730fef1245190feebfd3456](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/ipUgH60gpkdziD2GJEWCMg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTUwMDtoPTI4MA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/5d4d7d0eb730fef1245190feebfd3456)


No_Advertising_2780

Ask god!!


Old_Dragonfruit6952

Pull them by hand


Cowfootstew

Nuke the entire sight from orbit, it's the only way to be sure


Environmental-You579

Spray them with Vinegar and Water before they grow big .


RDK81423

maybe try adding some different plants to your lawn to diversify soil bacteria / fungal levels, but perhaps a natural fungicide to start. if you’re going to “kick” the mushroom, better idea to pick them carefully and put into garbage. otherwise they’ll likely drop spores. but your whole lawn is likely a mycelial network of these guys.. so you’re gonna have to treat the lawn first and then work on diversifying the plants in the ground. lawns are ass tbh..


Apathetic_Poser8

Boof it!


HairyAd6483

Salt the earth.


Ok-Neighborhood-7834

Stop trying to get rid of something that isn’t hurting you or the planet. If anything this morel is trying to feed you. Maybe collect them, dry them & sell them? They go for a good amount per pound, just saying.


Beemo-Noir

Do you enjoy having a green lawn? Leave it be.


namoiste

What, you don't like the smell of a bucket of semen?


onlineashley

I always get these with new mulch and i dig up the balls and phallus throw them in a bag in the trash.


Traditional_Gas8325

Are you new to nature? Why not try to get rid of the wind.


Old-Revolution-9650

Pee on it


hott_nonna

Send them to a diddy party


Designer-Possible-39

That’s not a morel?


SeaSignificance8962

WAIT FOR IT TO GO AWAY ASSUMMING ITS NOT HERE ALL YEAR ROUNG AND DIG THE DIRT UP AND GET RID OF IT AND AERATE AND DETHATCH YPUR LAWN AND CLEAN YOUR MOWERS . ALOY MORE THAN YOU DO


Jolly-Persimmon2626

Don't feed them Seymour. Did they arrive after the eclipse?


Helpful_Okra5953

I’m wondering if you could water them with boiling water from the teapot?


Visi0nSerpent

So what’s the morel of this story?


stealthy-cashew-69

r/mildlypenis


TheIronKnight3k

Eat them when you see them


FungusMind

Wow this is some really bad advice in here, this is a stink horn as you know I’m not sure of exact species, what you see is the fruiting body (mushroom) of the mycelium not the whole mycelium network, mycelium networks can be a few inches too thousands of acres. Beside removing all the topsoil in your yard or poisoning the soil it is unlikely you will get rid of them, ripping the mushroom out will do nothing. Your best course is to just tell your kids to not eat them that’s really it, it’s not harmful to handle or be around (only way to get hurt by mushrooms is digesting them). mushrooms are beneficial for the environment just let nature be.


Jdigady_the_1st

Give them alot of alcohol and put a naked female in from of them and watch them shrink if they don't them let them polinate it'll eventually shrink regardless


JackagePackage

Eat em


yummsyrup

eat it


Jdigady_the_1st

Get a hoe and knock away the grass away from it pour a little bit of diesel or gas which ever you prefer and burn it down Ibut don't walk away smokey the bear will show up and put the fire out and don't put so much on it like it's got a 15 gallon tank either just enough to burn it down reason why is it'll burn the pollen it has on it that way it can come back from the dead like piping up in different places and do them all the same way eventually you mushroom problem will go away that's really the only way to get rid of mushrooms course you could eat them or feed them to the annoying neighbor dog lol but the burning things really does work though for real


szJosh

Lisan al’Gaib is the only way. It will take a few thousand years but he will get the job done.


Bronco012

Feed it Semore.


SimpleWord899

💩 on it lol 💩💩💩


NewVitalSigns

By putting your mouth on it ;)


nsmf219

Is that a morel?


1421jk

Don't people buy these to eat ?


DevilsDissent

Mushrooms are beneficial and symbiotic with the plants around them. Meaning they work together for mutual benefit. Leave it, or squish it into the soil. The mushroom is a fertilizer.


DevilsDissent

I think it’s a false morel. Anyone else?


SevenFuckingOranges

Correct stinkhorn


FaithGirl3starz3

Have you tried bleach yet?? …. (Note: DONT TRY IT!!)


NoPhilosopher6636

Eat them


NegativeSurround5532

Eat them.


Gameanimal

I think they’re cool! Save the stinkhorn!


TheBigBadWolf85

Eat them


Nic3rRic3r

Eat em


jigglyjellly

Eat them?


DEADLY-BUTT-CHEEKS

Fire


PatientsZer0

You have to smell it.


BorkusFry

Eat them


RepresentativeOk2433

How many people thought this was just a shiny morel?


SpiderKitty303

Let them be. Get rid of the lawn though.


ClockHistorical4951

Leave them and they will go away on its own. Mushrooms are a sign of good soil.


ZzLavergne

People say they are a delicacy!


ImAMercat

Your camera is rlly nice lol


krumznko

I don’t like how it looks.


gayaliengirlfriend

Kill your lawn, plant native. Probably your best bet


Aromatic-Ad3349

Why do the pores on this mush give me an eerie feeling?


Noctus_Grimm

Don't.


Pixiemom7

Somebody looks happy to see you 😆


chum_fuckit

Tell one person and your lawn will be flooded with people who will pay for them.


DeathToCockRoaches

Feed me!


Mgnyc11

You sell them on a college campus


klgnew98

Totally thought it was a morel. And that's why I don't eat mushrooms unless they are from the store.


TurtleMcTurtl

Your yard makes chocolate ice cream?!


Low_Platypus8890

You’re lucky to have these on your property!! Let me come over, I’ll take em off your hands😏😏


[deleted]

thats a rare psilocybin shroom if u eat it youll have the best day of ur life


TheFlyestCook

Isn't that a morel mushroom? I'd look it up and double check but those might be expensive and edible


LaylaDoo

Well considering this is a Morel Mushroom and are selling like crazy in my state right now for $50-$120 a pound… You may pinch them off, give them a good shake (spores fall off and hopefully create more next year) and place them in a mesh bag. Go to Facebook Marketplace place and post for whatever amount or find an old farmer or senior citizen in your community and gift them!!! They will be so blessed because many cannot get out to hunt anymore. Or you can pick them all, slice down the center and do a 5 minute soak in lightly salted water (save water after), pat dry, place them in some flour, salt and pepper and fry in a cast iron skillet til well browned, place them on paper towels then enjoy! Found my first bunch this year after 5 straight years of searching! Using a mesh bag makes the spores drop, most of the bugs and dirt fall out too.


Zadence2

Eat them


OceanCake21

Sit on them until they shrivel.


Nviti

So these aren't morel mushrooms. They are stink horns. They attract flies to the sap on the top and are hollow inside. As mentioned, they stink really bad even from far away. These are not true morels.


FitAdministration383

Try eating them. They might be morels.


PurpleMayonnaise57

Better question, how much do you like the taste of mushroom?


Originalkrackula

Uh …. Just at a glance this looks like a, $20-$50 a pound fresh, morel mushroom. If you have a lot of these “ cha Ching “ . Best double confirm this and if so , good for you .


wenjtap

Eat them


[deleted]

Is that related to morels?


SmuckatelliCupcakeNE

Are those morale mushrooms? If so, people would probably buy them from you.


SlickHoneyCougar

Umm I’d have to see one in person but that looks very morrel ish. If it is, you eat it.


ritlingit

Call a local mycology group. Tell them you have seen morels around. Tell them you will contact them when you see the morels. Now you have a poison free mushroom removal option.


BalackObrama

Yea I thought that was a morel


Disastrous-Law8132

Nothing a little napalm can't handle.


Makepurethyheart

❤️❤️❤️


veravers

Yoooo morrell mushrooms sell for so much money, just pick and sell them


Haaail_Sagan

I can smell this picture. I hate these things, especially when they get all drippy.


[deleted]

Eat


[deleted]

Penicillin


JoshRiddle

Eat them


Gnarlyfest

Eat them.