Black Spots Vinyl Siding

It may look unsightly but it s not harmful.

Black spots vinyl siding.

How to clean spots on vinyl siding general cleaning tips. Because this organic material sticks to house siding and windows we are confronted with finding a means of removal because that what we do. But testing is probably not justified. A microscopy lab examination of a sample from this surface would be needed to know for sure.

What are these black spots on your house siding. Over time and through repeated changes in weather vinyl siding will attract and develop mold or. Thankfully regular maintenance of your vinyl siding is fairly straightforward and simple. Thankfully i only have one area that has plants next to it so the bleach solution wouldn t hurt them but not sure about my deck stains.

The artillery fungus is a white rotting wood decay fungus that likes to live on moist landscape mulch. Davis of penn state. We have these small black spots that look like specks of tar all over our white vinyl siding of our house. The black stains on the vinyl siding shown at left may be a fungus or a black agae.

It seems to be an epidemic in some communities. By the growth pattern we think this is almost certainly a dark colored algae. You have the infamous artillery fungus. 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 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. Small black spots on siding. It s on the porch my windows but it is worse on the siding. Use these simple landscaping tips to prevent this from happening.

Artilliery fungus spore masses on vinyl siding. It goes all the way up to my second story windows and is even under my soffit and on my gutters.