This picture is not a joke. It is not plastic. It is a type of that mushroom grows out of my garden in the fall. It is called a stinkhorn.
The first time I encountered one, it actually caught my nose's attention first. You see, it smells like human semen. I had heard of bushes that smelled like that, so I thought it must be something in the woods by my home. It was, after all, the first fall in my new home.
I walked to the end of my porch and lying there in the mulch, was a sight much like this picture that I took last Fall. Loreena Bobbit was all that went through my mind. Was there some dismembered man who was lying in agony in the woods? Then I took a stick and touched it. It was spongy.
The internet is such a great thing. I ran inside, completely horrified, and typed in the only thing I could think of to describe it: d**k mushroom. Eventually, I figured out what it was.
Now every fall, my husband and I have to dig these foul things out of our garden. They seem to sprout up out of nowhere. One day you are outside and all is right with the world. The next morning...the smell hits you. You are almost afraid to walk to the edge of the porch.
Today we set a record. Ten of these nasty things had popped up overnight. GROSS!! And I'm sure we've not seen the end of them yet.
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