Dead Man's Fingers
this post was submitted on 16 May 2026
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Sweet, thanks! Spooky name
I can see how it got it
I am sure this is wrong, but it vaguely reminds me of lithops or living stone succulents:
As others have said it's dead man's fingers. They still scare the shit out of me when I see them popping up in my raised beds lol
Maybe a colony of enteridium lycoperdon slime mold? Yours looks disturbingly like teeth. Some look like this.
[Edit] Nope! Dead man’s fingers for sure!
Google Lens says it's Dead Man's Fingers (Xylaria polymorpha). I guess it's possible. It seems to really live up to the polymorpha part of it's name in images.