Observaciones de kgivens

Where the gameland trail emerges from the woods at the covered brdige

This entry is for the slime mold seen to the right of the spider; I have a separate listing identifying the spider. Kudos to @regularslimeguy for his expert ID of the slime mold

Very small cup fungi were abundant on exposed coal-rich soil

Best ID guess would be Russula parvovirescens but that's only a guess without microscopy to back it up. An ant colony was busily stripping away the surface of the cap as I watched

Easily overlooked on rotting logs along the trail owing to its small size and drab appearance

Fairly common growing out of soil along the main trail of the Nature Preserve

Few colonies noted on the primary trail not far from parking lot for the nature preserve

Small colony of this assumed Myxomycete, couldn't match it with the iNat image engline . On a well-decayed log.

Saw a large tibe of this fungus, somewhat easily mistaken for a slime mold, fruiting on a decaying streamside log

Suspect secies is S. splendens. This slime mold was both common and easily overlooked on wet rotting logs due to its drab brown color and small size

Species C. fruiticosa perhaps? Abundant this summer on well-rotted logs

Small groupings seen growing out of seemingly bare ground along a well-travelled trail

Found growing singly on rotting log next to trail

Observed several "colonies" of this fungus on the bark of several dead trees

saw this slime mold friuting plentifully on several rotting logs

These small-to-tiny elf caps were plentiful on twigs (sometimes buried twigs) all along the main trail. Note, little or no stalk