The OOTW for this week is by Irena Werner in High Rock Park, Staten Island, New York, on August 2nd, 2021 at 4:27pm. Her iNaturalist ID is irena10 and the Observation can be seen here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89720897
More about this observation:
https://www.mushroomexpert.com/leotia_lubrica.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leotia_lubrica
https://ultimate-mushroom.com/poisonous/151-leotia-lubrica.html
https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NBNSYS0000017506
https://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Leotia_lubrica.html
https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/leotia-lubrica.php
https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.122196/Leotia_lubrica
https://fungi.myspecies.info/all-fungi/leotia-lubrica
https://www.fungusfactfriday.com/188-leotia-lubrica/
https://www.messiah.edu/Oakes/fungi_on_wood/club%20and%20coral/species%20pages/Leotia%20lubrica.htm
Don't forget to follow her:
iNaturalist: irena10