I received a phone call from Esther Grun, after Don Shernoff, knowing I love to photograph fungi, suggested she get in touch with me. Esther is a gardener and admirer of nature's beautiful surprises and she wanted me to see the colorful tiny treasures that were emerging from the mossy ground beneath several healthy maples. I cannot yet identify them to species, but at least I am fairly sure about the genus. So here they are: