I found a bunch of white balls growing in my garden under all the dirt and the mulch. They are white with little stringy roots. Sometimes they pop out of the ground and make a tubular like sponge with an orange top.
I want to look it up on the web but I don't have a name to go on.
Thanks for your help!
I appreciate all serious answers.
2007-04-16 05:47:14 · 6 answers · asked by kennerkitty812 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
It sounds like a type of fungus or mushroom. I'm sorry I am not much help. Maybe this will help
2007-04-16 05:51:32 · answer #1 · answered by serria_gold 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a puff ball, in the club fungi, Basidiomycota. Just nature decomposing stuff. Nothing to worry about. Don't pop them, let nature take it's course.
2007-04-16 12:58:21 · answer #2 · answered by fluffernut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called Artillery fungus. It has been headache for landscapers this season. It isn't dangerous;but it's very difficult to kill. We had it on our newly mulched bushes-they removed all of the mulch and put down plastic and then remulched after the sun had dried out the new mulch. That got rid of it.
http://www.caes.state.ct.us/FactSheetFiles/PlantPathology/fspp051f.htm
2007-04-16 13:12:35 · answer #3 · answered by bomullock 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
they are mushroom/fungi. these feed on decomposing materials and when they decompose they add to the richness of your soil. if you have them in a garden, however, chances are you're keeping the soil too wet.
rather than poison them, why not just rake them away? and work on good garden hygiene.
2007-04-16 13:05:05 · answer #4 · answered by velvt_wi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry I do not know but, good luck just sounds wierd. maybe a plant though.
2007-04-16 12:55:32 · answer #5 · answered by katana b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it is a kind of fungus. get some preen weed killer and it take care of it. dont get it on your flowers though!!
2007-04-16 12:53:39 · answer #6 · answered by Brenda H 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋