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greene said:In my front garden there are Stinkhorns like the one in @Xeramtheum's photo. That area has a different type of wood mulch; could the wood itself be a host? or is it growing from the soil? or from as far as the roots of the tree which had been removed years ago?

In answer to whether they come from wood mulch, soil or rotting tree roots, the answer is yes.

We have found them in all of those areas....and they do spread by spores in the breeze. We get the Clathrus columnatus species frequently here.

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