Black Coral Fungi

I don't know if this is the actual name of this "mushroom", but there was one in white that looked somewhat similar called "Ramaria Formosa". But I could not find a picture that matched it exactly. It is definitely very strange looking and we have several clusters of it growing by the discarded and rotting wood which we won't be burning in the woodstove.

[Taffy]

Eek -- looks like a hand coming up!

[Hope D Jennings]

Wow wow wow! How cool is this! Such a cool fungi that I have never seen. Photographed beautifully!

[summerfield]

methinks they're alien beings. :-)

[Kerri]

Cool shot

[Suse♡]

That´s unusual looking fungi -well spotted

[mikeharris]

They look like fingers coming up out of the ground as in a "zombie" movie. Well seen.

[Nicole Campbell]

These do look like hands reaching up from underground.

[Rick Schies]

That is so cool. I think a good name for this would be, "Reaching from beyond" LOL

[Terry]

That is wayyyyyyyyyy cool

[Sally Ings]

My first thoughts were of hands coming out of the foliage! What a magnificent find!

[Vesna]

Very unusual fungi!

[alta]

That's so cool! Looks like hands reaching out.

[Nanci Hendrickson]

Looks like it belongs on mars!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@mzzhope Thank you so much for the fav Hope!!!

@taffy @summerfield @kerristephens @susale @nicolecampbell @digitalrn @sarasdadandmom @salza @vesna0210 @altadc @nancih

Thank you to one and all for the fun comments. Creepy, alien, hands- I agree with all of them! And they're still there today. Apparently they are not appealing to the woodland critters either!

[Daisy Miller]

cool find and shot. What an unusual fungi.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@daisymiller Thank you Daisy!

[Bev]

Cool shot, Ann. It looks like hands reaching out to grab you!! Photographer beware!