Bird's Nest fungi (Crucibulum laeve) on old hickory shell. These are really common, yet it feels like the first time every time I see them (because I think they're so cute). The "eggs" are peridioles, or spore-sacs, and a drop of rain will cause them to shoot out of the nest, trailing a little sticky strand, and then it will stick to a leaf or something, and then the peridiole will break open, and spew spores around. At least, that's what I hear; I've never seen it (but, one day, I will). The yellow one in the foreground hasn't opened yet. |
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I have tons of bird's nests in my yard! It took me a year to figure out that they were mushrooms and not some sort of weird weed seed.
ReplyDeleteWell, no matter WHAT they are, they're CUTE!
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