A wonderful and unusual fungus growing like fingers from the earth along the path of old tree decomposing lying just below the earths surface.
There were several cluster each with a wonderful beauty that made us ponder life myriad forms. Each form with a place and each important to the whole.
The diversity of life is natures greatest gift.
nature has no boss 
They might even hold chemicals that could make drugs to fight awful diseases. Fungi are our friends.
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Hi Jim, indeed they are. Have you read the book Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets?
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No, I haven’t.
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Good book if and when you get the time.
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Very cool…They remind me of sea anemones!
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Hi Eliza, it did feel a bit like swimming on the forest floor while we were laying down photographing them. Hope your weekend is wonderful.
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Any idea what these are called? I’ve never seen anything like this!
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HI Kit, we have to do a little research to find out what these are called. Need to pull out the mushroom ID book from the bookshelf and do some work. We will let you know what they are if we find out. Hop you have a wonderful weekend.
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Wow! Fascinating and beautifully photographed Mike. They are almost like sea anemones.
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HI Pete and thanks. We were quite surprised by this fungus and have only come across it this one time. It was quite anemone like and the forest floor felt like a little undersea world a bit while observing it. Wishing you a wonderful weekend.
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Of all the fungi I have seen, I have never come across anything like this. Fantastic photos, Mike, and what a find. Makes me think there is quite a community of life underground. So right you are about nature’s greatest gift….
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HI Jet, this was the first time we have come across Fungi like this. It was quite a treat and yes biodiversity is natures way.
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