I hope someone can identify this strange plant growth. It grows in a pile of compost that I created. Seems to like warm weather 70-80 degrees. It grows when the compost is watered.
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost
I thought the same thing so Googled 'crab leg fungus' and came up with Stinkhorn Fungus. Look at Lysurus mokusin.
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