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Very spongy and slimy. Looked like carrots sticking out of the ground.
Back yard in shaded tall grass
Spotted on Aug 4, 2014
Submitted on Aug 19, 2014
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This is a stinkhorn fungus. It may be the Elegant Stinkhorn, Mutinus elegans, or the Dog Stinkhorn, Mutinus caninus.
Take a look at the comparison images at Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutinus_ele...