Naida sent me the following information and photos:
We were talking about mushrooms in the September MG meeting and I came across a very informative website I’d like to share with other bloggers, http://www.mushroomexpert.com/yard.html by Michael Puo, P.H.D. Dr. Puo is an English teacher and an amateur mycologist and has written several books on mushrooms which have been published by UofM press. I was on the web looking for the name of (another) interesting mushroom that I discovered several of while watering my front, mulched planter in late August. It “looks like a carrot” (photos attached) and is very slimy which I discovered when I wiped the “odorous spore-thick brown slime” (which attracts flies and other insects) off the tip. From this website I learned it is called Mutinus elegans – or stinkhorns. This is a really great website with a lot of photos for easy identification and information – a good one to “bookmark” for future questions.
Thanks,
Naida
Monroe County Master Gardener Association 
Naida, thanks for the info i searched the web last year,after a neighbor asked me- what is this–a growth; the likes – i had never seen before-it was just like your picture;I was able to answer but it took a bit …This year i had some in my yard.