Small Black Spots On Vinyl Siding

It goes all the way up to my second story windows and is even under my soffit and on my gutters.

Small black spots on vinyl siding.

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. It s on the porch my windows but it is worse on the siding. But testing is probably not justified. 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. We have these small black spots that look like specks of tar all over our white vinyl siding of our house. By the growth pattern we think this is almost certainly a dark colored algae. If you notice lots of tiny black or dark brown spots developing on your siding above a landscaped area of your yard as seen below it is most likely artillery otherwise known as shotgun fungus.

Artillery fungus is a wood dwelling fungus commonly found in mulch. Lawn garden we have thousands of tiny black spots pin head size all over the siding of our house. 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. The black stains on the vinyl siding shown at left may be a fungus or a black agae.

Use these simple landscaping tips to prevent this from happening.