Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Bird's-nest Fungus

What a sight to see : ) On the very rare occasion (once in a year, or twice if we are lucky!), we might see a cluster of 3-10 of these teeny fungi. Yesterday, I came across hundreds, even thousands, of them, growing amongst woodchips, barely noticeable. Most of the "nests" were empty - the rain disperses the very tiny "eggs", but you can still see a few lying around. I took a lot of photos, but the light was atrocious (as it has been almost all "summer", LOL). Might just have to go back sometime. Here comes the sun, FINALLY, after an overcast, cold, wet "summer - yay!!!!!! Enjoy it, everyone. I have a volunteer shift to go to, so will be indoors : (

I picked up one of the very small Bird's-nest Fungi to give an idea of its size, seen here against two of my fingertips. As you can see, two (or more?) of the spore-bearing "eggs" have not been dispersed (yet) by falling raindrops. Seen at Burnsmead a couple of days ago. Sorry, I'm behind with commenting - have been out so much, taking photos before the snow returns and stays. Should be safe from that happening for the next few days, thank goodness. Dashed over to Brown-Lowery Provincial Park this afternoon. Very muddy in the places I went and leaves are covering the ground now, making it almost impossible to see any small mushrooms that might still be around. It was a bit windy and the forest was full of creakings, scraping sounds, knocking sounds and rustlings. Sometimes, I later discover that it is a little squirrel making the noises, but it really creeped me out this afternoon, so I didn't go very far into the forest at all. Any day now, our extremely short fungi season will come to a complete end and I will suffer mushroom withdrawal symptoms for the next 10 MONTHS, LOL! Was out this evening at a talk on Butterflies. Will be out of the city all day tomorrow Friday), botanizing with a couple of friends, and then will be out all Saturday, too, with separate "events" in morning and afternoon.