Last Sunday, it felt as if spring had arrived, so I took the opportunity to do some work in my garden. The weather was perfect. However, every now and then I got a whiff of a very foul smell. I ...

Stinkhorn fungi (devil's backbone) has been smelling up new mulch beds all over the Lowcountry. The conditions have been perfect for the growth of this fungus this spring. We have been inundated with ...

The stench of raw meat has taken over parts of the Hillside Dog Park on Columbia Heights near Middagh Street. But don’t look for roadkill. The villain here is a slimy florescent orange stalk shooting ...

Usually it’s possible to find both the good and bad in things. When it comes to the Phallaceae family of fungi, a.k.a. the stinkhorn mushrooms, however, there is only side to the story, and it is ...

Stinkhorn mushrooms are growing in my flowers beds. They have increased after we mulched 2 years ago. They are ugly-looking and stinky. What can I do to prevent these ugly things from spreading? A: ...

Q: How do I get rid of stinkhorn mushrooms? They are ugly and they stink. I’ve tried turning the mulch to dry out moisture and spraying with Roundup. No success. — B.R., Palm City A: Aw, stinkhorns, ...

When nursery manager Sandie Lewis saw what was hatching from the clusters of eggs that had appeared beneath the giant bamboo, she recoiled a step. The eggs were cream colored and on the small side, ...

When you are Florida-born and raised, you tend to think you have seen every form of bug, bush, slug and shorebird your state can come up with. Still, Florida can surprise you. But nature is not always ...