On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 08:14:12 -0400, Nancy Young <email@replyto> wrote:

>On 10/21/2011 7:25 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>> On Oct 21, 3:56 pm, > wrote:
>>> On Oct 21, 3:28 pm, > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Seems like those torrential rains New York got have brought about a
>>>> bumper crop of mushrooms.....everywhere, even in people's ceilings !!
>>>
>>>> http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ical-rains-a-g...
>>>
>>> Wow! Didn't Sheldon post a pic of an giant puffball?
>>
>> yes....I'll bet all of the NE that was affected by the rains has a
>> bumper crop of mushrooms right now.
>
>I had these strange fungi growing under trees that looks like pink
>fingers coming up through the soil. I have never seen them before,
>and I have seen them growing on other people's property this summer, too.

Pink fingers, carrots, -- come on, call 'em what they look like.<g>
Most likely Dog Stinkhorns.

http://www.mushroomexpert.com/mutinus_elegans.html

Jim