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Xylaria hypoxylon
about 2" tall, thinner than a pencil. Maybe a type of coral fungus.
temperate forest, dead deciduous tree
I spotted these in Algonquin. Some types of fungi were very abundant but I only saw 2 dead trees with this fungus.
Spotted on Jul 17, 2011
Submitted on Jul 19, 2011
2 Comments
It looks exactly like it. Thanks Scott.
I thought this might have been an early stage of "Dead Man's Fingers". I had the genus (possibly) right, just not the species. Take a look at Xylaria hypoxylon, Antler Fungus: http://www.messiah.edu/Oakes/fungi_on_wo.... Figure 2 at that link looks a lot like your photos.