Dead Man's Fingers

Description:

Dead Man's Fingers are characterized by their elongated upright, clavate, or strap-like stromata poking up through the ground, which look like fingers. Color at first is a pale to bluish or purplish dust of conidia, except at the whitish tip. But, they eventually turn black overall. Fruiting body is 3-10 cm tall.

Habitat:

Growing directly on the edge of a trail in a deciduous, swampy forest.