Please, check myxomicetes (imperfect fungi). Sometimes they produce similar
fruiting bodies with different bright colors.

Vic

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Could someone please help identify the object shown at

http://www.seanet.com/~pmar/P1010452a.JPG

It's an isolated specimen found recently on one of the San Juan Islands
in Washington State (USA). It was on rotting wood at the base of a fir
tree.

The red "balls" are about 1/8-inch in size. The pic shows small pine
needles for comparison.

Can't find it in the fungus books; maybe it's a lichen or something's
eggs?

Thanks for your help?

Pete