I have been watching this patch of bird’s nest fungus since my post first post about it on Oct. 24. I realized that the new fruiting bodies were the small, light brown forms growing next to the old “nests.” The top of a new one has a thin shell and once it became broken open, I could see it filled with a watery substance that probably keeps the peridioles moist. The peridioles, which resemble tiny eggs, contain spore sacks. I can already see where rain drops have splashed some of them out into the surrounding area spreading the fungus.
