Great Smoky Mountains NP March 18, 2009 I love the descriptive names of some of the fungi! This is one of the "jelly fungi", it feels squishy when it is damp! It is fun to hear the kids say, "Oooo!" when I tell them to touch those kinds of fungi!
I'm pretty sure this is a Chicken Mushroom, but I wouldn't eat it! This was a beautiful fungus that I saw growing on a log on the Cumberland Trail near Chattanooga. The following photo shows the log with the fungus.
Chicken Fungus on the log
