Been watching the daily rains bring these out to full size over the past few days. They are on a hickory log to the right of the entrance gate at our cottage. I'll try to load photos in order of day taken but sometimes they don't post that way even when they look okay in the preview. Wish I had a photo of them looking like dried black flakes a week ago. I feel a hot and sour soup with wood ear mushrooms coming on.
Can chanterelles be far off? I went hunting this morning but none yet.
Wood Ear Mushrooms