Artillery Fungus On Vinyl Siding. Artillery fungus is a common fungus in north america. 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. Its primary job is to decay dead wood.
It s called artillery fungus because it looks like bullets hit your house it looks like a bunch of black dots all over. 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.
The spore masses of the artillery fungus stick like super glue.
Artillery fungus or shotgun fungus is a wood decay fungus that lives on moist landscape mulch especially in bark and hardwood mulch. Because this organic material sticks to house siding and windows we are confronted with finding a means of removal because that what we do. Power washing may work on brand new only vinyl siding that still has a shiny oily sheen. Saturate fungus with a spray bottle containing vinegar let fungus.