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I found this growing around the chipped area for my maple tree?

Can anyone tell me what this is?

It's an Elegant Stinkhorn fungus. They do (or will soon) smell horrible, hence the name. I'd remove it and take it far, far away...

http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/ho...

http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecolog...

Thank you very much!

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I found this growing around the chipped area for my maple tree?

Can anyone tell me what this is?