This is - I think - Metatrichia floriformis. A slime mold which forms black, shiny stalk-ball fruiting bodies (under 1mm in diamiter) which crack open to release orange, fluffy spore bearing material.
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| Metatrichia floriformis sharing the undersurface of a rotten log with a pill millipede. |
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| Metatrichia floriformis - fruiting bodies opening to release orange spore bearing material. |
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| Metatrichia floriformis - fruiging bodies. |



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