While marching to where I thought might be a likely spot to find Black Trumpets (no, I didn't find any, because they are
invisible), I found many fascinating and beautiful little slime molds. These are all quite small (in the grand scheme of things)--the
Hemitrichia
clavata is little 2mm balls on a stalk. The Chocolate Tube slime is
about 1/2" tall.
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Hemitrichia
clavata |
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OZONIUM of Coprinellus domesticus |
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"Carnival Candy Slime," Arcyria denudata |
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"Chocolate Tube Slime," Stemonitis splendens |
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a bunch of Chocolate Tube Slime on a log |
More on "ozonium"
here. Couldn't find much more about it after a cursory online search.