I could hear my roasted root vegetables sizzling in the oven when I saw their car pull into my driveway. Eric and Nanette stepped out, carrying a big basket of food. A whole watermelon, can of ...

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I smelled it before I saw it. A single fungus had appeared in my back yard and a stench announced its presence. A green, wrinkled cap oozing slime sat upon a 5-inch stalk. Tiny flies flew around it, ...

Although giant puffballs dominated the mushroom questions coming to the Quad-City Times, Susan Major of Davenport had a query about a different fungus, growing in a flower bed spread with mulched ...