Fingers or phallus? Noxious weeds aren’t the only volunteers in our garden. After a good rain, all bets are off — and Mother Nature can make us blush.

Check out this disgusting type of mushroom that sprung up overnight at my house?  No, I did not dip the end in chocolate, that’s how it grows.  It’s vile and attracts flies.  Is it from another planet?
– Sandra

Attached are photos of something we found growing in our garden these last few days.  Judging from the flies that it attracts, I would say it is a fungus growth from decay… What do you make of the “alien fingers” growing in our shade garden?
– Mary Jo

Does your yard hide an alien menace? Have you been visited by these red intruders? What is the weirdest fungi you’ve seen in the garden?

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