Leotia lubrica is a species of
fungus in the family
Leotiaceae. The species produces small
fruit bodies up to 6 cm (2.4 in) in height, featuring a "head" and a stalk. Ochre tinted with olive-green in colour, the heads are irregularly shaped, while the stalk, of a similar colour, attaches them to the ground.
Photograph: Holger Krisp