Chocolade Tube Slime mold

true, Cammie! I am just hoping to have some time this weekend to head to the woods in search for more :-)

I am fascinated by fungi, no two ever look alike!

Haha..! I wonder about the name myself, Eis :-)

Looks....tasty? Not my type of chocolate!

I couldn't find anything about them. It's a rather uncharted group of organisms. And you can move it if you want, but it probably doesn't make a huge difference in the long run. "Other" would be technically more correct.

Oh Gosh, Lucky! I am absolutely outdated with the kingdom distributions :-)
Then you think I should place it in category "Other"?
Thanks for pointing this out for me. "You will never go to bed without learning something new" :-)

If you go to my collection you see the two other most recent spottings of molds that I still need ID for... and thanks for the effort ;-)

And what other spottings?

Not to be rude, but you should read this. It's actually pretty interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slime_mold

It is! yes, thanks! ;-) I am adding the info to my spotting now. Do you know about the other two spottings I have?

Thanks Lucky! I did call it fungus as in the kingdom to which it belongs but indeed is not a fungus like a mushroom :-)
I will check for the Chocolade Tube Slime mold. Many thanks for the suggestion :-)

My guess is that this isn't a fungus, it's a slime mold. It looks similar to Chocolate Tube Slime Mold.

Thanks, Tamar! Yes, and I could not resist to touch it and then it quickly fell off to dust. I guess they are sporangia of some sort but I still need to find the ID.

Marta, it is very interesting! It looks like a crazy wig!