usually a simple explanation. It’s a fungus using decaying organic material to grow and reproduce, with its unpleasant odor helping attract insects that carry its spores elsewhere.
In many gardens, stinkhorns aren’t a threat to healthy plants and don’t require aggressive treatment. You can remove the visible mushroom if its smell or appearance bothers you, or allow it to disappear naturally.
Just remember that identifying a mushroom correctly matters. Not every strange growth is a stinkhorn, and an unidentified wild mushroom should never be eaten.
So the next time you
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