Empty Nests

Bird's Nests ... of the Fungal variety.

After the encounter with the Worm Snake, I came upon an outcrop of White-egg Bird's Nest fungi, sans white eggs.

All the nests were empty.

This is not surprising. Once mature, the eggs are knocked from the nest by raindrops. And we've had two rainy days this week (it was raining while I was out there working on the fence).

And there is plenty of downed trees and branches for the spores to take hold on.

Which is no doubt what happened here. Each of the white spots on the main trunk is an empty nest.

Keep looking down.

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