Fortunately the only random encounters in the woods were of the fungus kind. 

Wondered what these are…could they be dead man’s fingers or dead moll’s fingers? Any #fungi experts?

#Mosstodon #Mushtodon #Fungiverse

https://media.mas.to/masto-public/media_attachments/files/111/075/291/634/463/535/original/dab65a4f51757197.jpg 

 @ea6fd5c0 The German word that comes to my mind is "Holzkeule".