Today's batch of pix is again of some fungus I've never seen, and my google-fu isn't up to identifying it—guess I need to go find a book—but it's cool.

f2.1 at 1/30, lumix LX100

These are displayed in the order I shot them.

This one has a greener cast and smaller dots. Shot 15 minutes later, f3.2 at 1/25th sec.

I'm pretty sure the first two are the same kind, just at slightly different stages of development. Not as certain about this one. Note the sandy substrate, which is typical for the region (the area around the Michigan Mitten's ‘little finger’ aka Traverse City.)

f3.5 at 1/40sec, 3 minutes or so along...

Yes, I know mushrooms are fruiting bodies of fungi kingdom organisms, but since they don't wander around, they get shoved in with the plants.

UPDATE 27jan23: pretty sure these things are actually oak apples, which are galls formed by wasps growing in oak leaves or twigs. —So much my woodcraft!

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