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Xylaria hypoxylon
i think is a decompositor fungi that grow up in a old fruit of the Magnolia ovata.
Gallery Forest
You're welcome Solacost. But now that you have an ID, you should add them to the spotting by clicking on the "Edit this spotting" button. And entering Candle Stick Fungus into the common name section and Xylaria hypoxylon into the scientific name section.