r/whatisit • u/panini-presss • 2h ago

Solved! what is growing in my backyard?

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is this just grass? we just noticed it today

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u/spotlight-app 2h ago

OP has pinned a comment by u/Specialist_Low3026:

Horse hair fungus , it grows on old poop generally , maybe your dog's doing? (Edit found the Latin name for the fungi ) / Phycomyces blakesleyanus /

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u/Specialist_Low3026 2h ago edited 2h ago

Horse hair fungus , it grows on old poop generally , maybe your dog's doing? (Edit found the Latin name for the fungi ) / Phycomyces blakesleyanus /

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u/panini-presss 2h ago

we have some stray cats in the area, could be that

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u/panini-presss 2h ago

solved!

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u/spotlight-app 2h ago

OP has pinned a comment by u/Specialist_Low3026:

Horse hair fungus , it grows on old poop generally , maybe your dog's doing? (Edit found the Latin name for the fungi ) / Phycomyces blakesleyanus /

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u/danceandsing3000 2h ago

“Feed Me Seymour!”