mushrooms

[Dennis Gaunt]

Cathemo7178 at cs.com wrote:
: Hello,
: I have some of what i believe are mushrooms of some kind that keep coming up 
: in my bark chips around my bushes and i dont know what they are.....maybe u 
: could help me..
: 
: They are round like the size of a tennis ball and have holes all around them 
: and have alot of orange on them.......and stink very badly!!!!
: 
: If u know what these are could u email me and let us know...never seen them 
: before.....Pheweeeeeeeeeeeee!
: 
: Thanks,
: Cathy
: 
: ---

  This is very likely Clathrus columnatus.  You gave a very good
description.  If you can find a good book on mushroom identification
you should be able to find more information.



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