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Physarales (order) JTran 18 Aug 2024
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Very distinct patch of ?fungi? on damp leaf mulch. Only patch that I could see in the area. Not sure how to count it... it's either "one patch" or "squillions of something".

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   18 Aug 2024
Are you able to check it again and perhaps get some closer images?
Do the individual bodies have stalks? Are the tops now cracking and revealing a spore mass? If so what colour?
   26 Aug 2024
Apologies, I was out of town for a week and there's not much left of it now.
I've added a close-up from a previous photo - the individual bodies do seem to have (rather blobby) stalks, which matches my memory of it.
   26 Aug 2024
@jmcleod thanks for checking
suspect this will fall into the Didymiaceae family but just not enough detail to be certain; even so, its a terrific observation - hope you find plenty more.

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