Brown Spots On House Siding

Now there is a section on the second floor we ve seen it a couple of other places but it s most concentrated in one area that has reddish brown liquid lines running down from under the siding.

Brown spots on house siding.

Artillery fungus is a wood dwelling fungus commonly found in mulch. These crickets are light brown tan and dark brown with a humped back. Also known as artillery or cannonball fungus sphaerobolus it uses internal water pressure to forcefully fire its spores similar to seeds up to 20 feet away. The spots are about the size of the head of a pin and appear to be black or dark brown in color.

What it looks like. Since then there haven t been any issues with the siding however a week ago i noticed a bunch of brown streaks stains on the east side of the house. The fungus sets its sights on bright areas so that means it will aim for any pale surface that reflects light such as the siding on your house. I have tried to remove these spots with mineral spirits without.

I thought it was bird droppings at first so i power washed it off. By sandy feather penn state extension. My family and i built our new home we general contracted it and we moved into it in november of 2015. We have thousands of tiny black spots pin head size all over the siding of our house.

I have often seen red or brown stains from water leaking down behind building siding on older homes. Seeing black tar spots on the sides of your house or vehicles. They have very long antennae and their bodies grow between 1 2 to 1 1 2 inches long. I am getting small dark spots on windows and the white siding of my house.

Some tell us it s from spiders. Others have said it s a fungus from mulch. 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. Most often the root cause is wind blown rain condensation or frost accumulation behind siding that was not installed over a modern housewrap water barraier.

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.