Monday, August 11, 2008

The Life of Mushroom in our Yard

This thing materialized sometime during the night Saturday and was "full grown" Sunday morning. I was first made aware of its presence when Monty started growling and kind of leaping backwards, barking at it too. No wonder. And this morning, just one day later, it's gone.











I've maybe been as disgusted one or two other times in my life. Maybe.
Is it normal to have this kind of mushroom pop up in one's yard? Should I call the police?

5 comments:

lprimus said...

Not normal. Call the po-po.

Unknown said...

what kind of mushroom is it? i've been searching the internet all day for an answer. did it stink? was it sticky? did it have a hood at some point?

just curious.

love the picts, though.

Anonymous said...

That is supergross, bordering on obscene!

laoi gaul~williams said...

how odd! i have never seen one like that before!!!!!

Laura B. said...

Yes! It did have a hood. I didn't breathe when I got close enough to take a picture just in case it was toxic... (for real...it sure looks like it could have been), and I definitely didn't touch it. But it did have a hood.