Cooper and Orange Thing

Lori teasing Cooper and Hannah knitting prone.

When I took Cooper out this morning, I saw this interesting orange thing in the front yard.


Is it some kind of mushroom, fungus, weed?

It sort of looks like a couple of carrots, with some ugly green dip on the end.

It's difficult to tell from the photo, but they are kind of porous.

It almost looks evil.

I've never seen anything like this before. If anyone has a clue what this is, please let me know.