Hi! My husband and I took a short hike at Hacklebarney State Park this morning and found bunch of mushrooms that look like wood ear mushrooms. But they were growing on the ground, not on a tree. The grounds are very moist from recent rain and tons of fallen trees and dead leaves covering the ground.
Each mushroom was easily removed from the ground and they have no stems. We noticed light power that got dusted away as we removed the mushroom from the ground.
The mushrooms were brown to dark brown. The diameter ranges between approx 1 in to 3-4inches.
They seems pretty fragile to handling, as some crumbled into smaller pieces as we tried to grabbed them.
We thought they are wood ear mushrooms but the skin looks little thicker and they weren’t growing on a tree (close to it but not on it).
Let us know what you think. Thank you!
