Arterial Fungus On Siding

You can power wash them off of vinyl siding but such methods can be damaging to cars and wood siding.

Arterial fungus on siding.

Its primary job is to decay dead wood. Artillery fungus black spots on siding and vehicles. Artillery fungus or shotgun fungus is a wood decay fungus that lives on moist landscape mulch especially in bark and hardwood mulch. Sounds like you have what they call shotgun mold shotgun fungus or artillery m.

Onto siding and other objects nearby. There is no fungicide registered as an artillery fungus treatment. Artillery fungus is difficult to get rid of because of its sticky properties. Artillery fungus is a wood decaying fungus that likes to live in landscape mulch.

There is research to suggest that blending mushroom compost at a rate of 40 with landscape mulch can suppress the spores. Unfortunately no natural mulch can resist the fungus growth which makes it even more important to be aware of possible spores sticking to your home or deck and clean the area as soon as possible. We have these small black spots that look like specks of tar all over our white vinyl siding of our house. Artillery fungus black spots on siding and vehicles.

Here is a photo of what the actual fungus that produces the black spores. Artillery fungus produce black tar like spots on vehicles and siding. Artillery fungus is a common fungus in north america. When it is time for it to reproduce the fungus lives up to its name and shoots tiny spores in all directions.

The worst thing about this fungus is that it shoots spores up to 20 feet which often land on siding cars and anything else that surrounds the mulch. The artillery fungus or shotgun fungus is a wood decay fungus that likes to live on moist landscape mulch. Do you have little black spots all over your car or siding. The fruiting bodies of this fungi are about 1 10 of an inch across and are very hard to see.

In home gardens it often takes up residence in wood mulch. Artillery fungus orients itself toward bright objects such as light colored siding windows or shiny automobiles parked nearby. These sticky black dots cling to vinyl siding like glue. Save for later print.

Also known as artillery or cannonball fungus sphaerobolus it uses internal water pressure to forcefully fire its spores similar to seeds up to 20 feet away the fungus sets its sights on bright areas so that means it will aim for any pale surface that reflects light such as the siding on your house. It s hard to see shotgun fungus itself because it s only 2 millimeters wide. Bird s nest fungus is also commonly found in mulch but is much larger and more noticeable. This fungus can grow on multiple surfaces including wood siding fences decks and cars.

Tar like spores of artillery fungus next to a penny.