Artillery Fungus On Vinyl Siding

Artillery fungus or shotgun fungus is a wood decay fungus that lives on moist landscape mulch especially in bark and hardwood mulch.

Artillery fungus on vinyl siding.

The artillery fungus if sprayed with a week bleach and water solution will go away but if left unchecked it explodes and send these black particle 5 15 feet away from the source the mulch video how to get rid of spots on vinyl siding. Bleech white castrol super clean and purple muscle proved most effective on vinyl siding in experiments. Artillery fungus is a common fungus in north america. These sticky black dots cling to vinyl siding like glue.

It s called artillery fungus because it looks like bullets hit your house it looks like a bunch of black dots all over. When it is time for it to reproduce the fungus lives up to its name and shoots tiny spores in all directions. Power washing may work on brand new only vinyl siding that still has a shiny oily sheen. The spore masses of the artillery fungus stick like super glue.

In home gardens it often takes up residence in wood mulch. It will get up into the air and attach to siding. Distinguishing the type of stain found on siding is useful in deciding on the cause and thus the cure or prevention of staining. Hydro pro house washing in nashville tn brentwood tn and franklin tn.

We have not found a good efficient way to get them off without leaving a stain or damaging the siding especially on old dry siding. Artillery fungus lives in mulch. Foaming wheel cleaner and planet solutions were most effective on aluminum siding artillery fungus orients itself toward bright objects such as light colored siding windows or shiny automobiles parked nearby. How do i get the artillery fungus off my house siding.

Its primary job is to decay dead wood. Vinyl siding stain diagnosis. Dirt from rain splash up algae lichens mold moss or even smoke or chemical stains have different causes and different preventative measures.