These popped out of the ground at the base of the pine tree stump, not out of the wood of the stump itself.
This occured on May 14, 2004
The orange stage is just an transitional color phase while the sporangium matures
Most of these sporangia cluster around a root of the stump. The rhody flower gives an idea of the scale.
The orange color fades to a tan buff as the sporangium ages.
The outer sporangium surfaces are rough and bumpy, sort of a spinulose texture.
The color darkened over a period of three days to this shade
Another view of the almost-mature sporangium
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