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Fungus?
blameitonthedog
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Could anyone please help to ID? - they have appeared in their dozens (for the first time in the 9 years we've lived here) through the gravel at the front of the house. When tapped, the cap(?) at the top releases a fine dusting of spores.
Last edited: 11 April 2017 19:51:06
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Unfortunately, it's horsetail. Pull them all up, bag and dispose in your black bin. It's very difficult to eradicate:
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=257
That'll be why a few hours Googling 'fungus and mushrooms' didn't give me an answer! Thank you so much for replying. I have no idea why I have never noticed it in this peculiar looking stage because I either spray or pull out the blasted stuff (when it's green) all summer long.
those are the fruiting bits, maybe it hasn't done that in previous years
In the sticks near Peterborough