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Artillery Fungus??

we have thousands of artillery fungus spores all over the outside of the house. They are tiny black dots - look sort of like poppy seeds. They are almost impossible to remove. I got them off the windows with a razor blade but any help would be appreciated.

Here is a link so you know what I am talking about:

http://www.google.com/search?q=artillery+fungus&hl=en&prmd=...

Looks sort of hopeless as far as getting off.

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Permalink Reply by Red and Donna on October 29, 2012 at 9:02pm

Been there done that! I had it all over parts of my house and truck. The house we were able to paint over and the truck I traded in for a new one. It is a fungus that loves to grow in bark mulch. I would keep the bark mulch fluffed to help keep the fungus from growing. It is no fun.

Red

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Permalink Reply by Joe on November 6, 2012 at 9:58pm

Judy & Lee,

Oneof our bloggers who might be the best to consult on this is See Dirt Run.

Meanwhile to try something strange, use Pam cooking spray on a very small area. It does a great job of desolving baked on dead bugs on cars down here in Florida. The idea is it adheres and softens without harming the paint on cars. I have no idea if it will work on the fungus but it shouldn't do harm or staining as some of claims of using strong detergents, bleach, and Simple green.

Joe

Sarasota