These are Marasmius mushrooms, some of the tiniest mushrooms there are in North America. The bigger caps are only about an eighth of an inch across. That green bit is a spruce needle, and it is laying across a dead needle off a red pine. The brown papery "floor" that the mushrooms are growing on is in fact an oak leaf!
I was not expecting to find these cool little things and did not even have a macro lens with me at the time, which is why this photo isn't nearly as good as it could be. Still, a lesson learned and a cool find that can be searched for again in this location another time.
We are still dealing with some medical issues here at the home front, and so I have not been out shooting at all. It may be awhile yet, but everything looks like it is heading in the right direction so it will just be a matter of patience and time. Please bear with me in looking at stuff from the archives for awhile.
