Black Dots All Over Siding

And of course the black spots show up better on white surfaces so they are noticed more easily.

Black dots all over siding.

They are hard and when you pick them off they leave a small brown stain. 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. It s on the porch my windows but it is worse on the siding. The artillery fungus is a white rotting wood decay fungus that likes to live on moist landscape mulch.

It seems they are only where my mulch beds are. We have these small black spots that look like specks of tar all over our white vinyl siding of our house. They are even as high up as my gutters up to 15 ft. Bet your boat will have spots too if you have one.

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. Are those spots alive. Although it s most often found on the east coast it can grow anywhere and especially thrives in areas that have cool damp springs or rainy fall weather conditions. Small black spots on siding.

What are these black spots on your house siding. It s sometimes referred to as shotgun fungus due to the shotgun like pattern of black specks all. They may be a problem. It goes all the way up to my second story windows and is even under my soffit and on my gutters.

Davis of penn state. Black spots on siding. You have the infamous artillery fungus. The fruiting body of this fungus orients itself toward bright surfaces such as light colored houses or parked automobiles.

The artillery fungus shoots its black sticky spore mass which can be windblown as high as the second story of a house. The tiny dots are caused by what s called artillery fungus that grows in certain types of mulch. Thousands of them about the size of a ballpoint pen tip. These spots are often caused by spiders especially true when you re near water.

I have black spots all over my vinyl siding. They are almost like tar.