Spotting

he is in a rut, which lacks moisture. I'll try other photos.

Very peculiar! It does somewhat resemble and Earthstar, but I have no idea which species or even genus it would be....

Perhaps this is the same mushroom:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancyrae/75...

If you get a chance to take more photos of it I'd be interested to see more.

thanks Jared

I put in the category fungi

This may be a earthstar fungus.