These sticky black dots cling to vinyl siding like glue.
Arterial fungus on siding.
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You can power wash them off of vinyl siding but such methods can be damaging to cars and wood siding.
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.
There is research to suggest that blending mushroom compost at a rate of 40 with landscape mulch can suppress the spores.
Artillery fungus black spots on siding and vehicles.
Artillery fungus is a wood decaying fungus that likes to live in landscape mulch.
Artillery fungus produce black tar like spots on vehicles and siding.
Here is a photo of what the actual fungus that produces the black spores.
Tar like spores of artillery fungus next to a penny.
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.
There is no fungicide registered as an artillery fungus treatment.
Artillery fungus orients itself toward bright objects such as light colored siding windows or shiny automobiles parked nearby.
In home gardens it often takes up residence in wood mulch.
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.
Bird s nest fungus is also commonly found in mulch but is much larger and more noticeable.
Do you have little black spots all over your car or siding.
Sounds like you have what they call shotgun mold shotgun fungus or artillery m.
It does not shoot a sticky spore mass as artillery fungus does.
It s hard to see shotgun fungus itself because it s only 2 millimeters wide.
When it is time for it to reproduce the fungus lives up to its name and shoots tiny spores in all directions.
They actually resemble the end of a cannon barrel and at the right moment shoot their spores up 6 10 ft.
Its primary job is to decay dead wood.
We have these small black spots that look like specks of tar all over our white vinyl siding of our house.
Artillery fungus is difficult to get rid of because of its sticky properties.
That s why if it s at all possible it s best to wash the fungus away when the spores have freshly landed which is normally when the weather is cool and damp and the temperatures are between 50 and 68 degrees fahrenheit.
The fruiting bodies of this fungi are about 1 10 of an inch across and are very hard to see.
Artillery fungus is a common fungus in north america.
Onto siding and other objects nearby.
The artillery fungus or shotgun fungus is a wood decay fungus that likes to live on moist landscape mulch.
