Dead Man's Fingers Fungus

Dead Man's Fingers fungus rises from damp ground in this close-up, its finger-like fruiting bodies clustered together. The stalks are mostly black and slate-gray with pale tan tips, glistening with water droplets in soft natural light and photographed with a shallow depth of field that renders the background green and blurred. A small round hole and several beaded droplets are visible on one stalk.