The eyelash cup fungus

This little beauty is a fungus called Scutellinia scutellata. It's usually found on moist decaying wood, and can be a welcome splash of color in the duff-colored...well...duff.

The common name of this small fungus is the "eyelash cup." It's particularly well-named, as the hairlike growths around the margins of the cups do look a lot like eyelashes. The cups are about 2mm to 1.5 cm in diameter. The orange color results from the presence of carotene in the context of the sporocarp. This is one of the nicest groups of this fungus that I've seen in the woods.