It s on the porch my windows but it is worse on the siding.
Small black dots on house siding.
Thankfully regular maintenance of your vinyl siding is fairly straightforward and simple.
In nature the artillery fungus shoots its spores towards sunlight.
Some tell us it s from spiders.
Artillery fungus scientific name.
Small black spots on siding.
You have the infamous artillery fungus.
What are these black spots on your house siding.
Because this organic material sticks to house siding and windows we.
Micro black spots on siding tags.
The black tar like spots that are all over your vinyl siding are more than likely a fungus called sphaerobolus stellatus better known as artillery or shotgun fungus.
Shotgun fungus can shoot black spots on your house here s how to avoid the mess if you re seeing dark specks on your siding the culprit could be hiding in your mulch.
In the absence of direct sunlight it shoots the spores at highly reflective surfaces such as white house siding.
The only way i have found to remove them thus far is by scraping the windows with a razor blade.
It goes all the way up to my second story windows and is even under my soffit and on my gutters.
What are these black specks on my house siding and windows.
Artillery fungus common name.
It seems to be an epidemic in some communities.
Species of sphaerobolus a pro services inc has competed with artillery fungus for several years.
Lawn garden we have thousands of tiny black spots pin head size all over the siding of our house.
We have these small black spots that look like specks of tar all over our white vinyl siding of our house.
I have tried to remove these spots with mineral spirits without success.
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Are those spots alive.
Others have said it s a.
Over time and through repeated changes in weather vinyl siding will attract and develop mold or.
How to clean spots on vinyl siding general cleaning tips.
I am getting small dark spots on windows and the white siding of my house.
The artillery fungus is a white rotting wood decay fungus that likes to live on moist landscape mulch.
And of course the black spots show up better on white surfaces so they are noticed more easily.