Black Dots All Over Siding

We have these small black spots that look like specks of tar all over our white vinyl siding of our house.

Black dots all over siding.

It s sometimes referred to as shotgun fungus due to the shotgun like pattern of black specks all over the car as well as the way the fungus is shot onto the vehicle more on that later. It goes all the way up to my second story windows and is even under my soffit and on my gutters. They are almost like tar. They are even as high up as my gutters up to 15 ft.

This is a five foot open picket vinyl fence and was literally covered in black dots i could not even see the white in some areas. They are hard and when you pick them off they leave a small brown stain. I had the same problem of artillery fungus all over my white vinyl fence. Thousands of them about the size of a ballpoint pen tip.

It s hard to see shotgun fungus itself because it s only 2 millimeters wide. Small black spots on siding. 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 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. It s on the porch my windows but it is worse on the siding.

We have these small black spots that look like specks of tar all over our white vinyl siding of our house. We have thousands of tiny black spots pin head size all over the siding of our house. Some tell us it s from spiders. It s on the porch my windows but it is worse on the siding.

I have black spots all over my vinyl siding. You have the infamous artillery fungus. 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 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. It goes all the way up to my second story windows and is even under my soffit and on my gutters.

I used a product from the home depot called behr premikum deck fence and siding mildew stain remover.