Mature fruiting body very small, about a millimeter long, red to red brown, fuzzy, elongated, on a thin darker stalk. often in large colonies.  It starts off white, spherical, and shiny, develops into the red form, which turns dark brown (below).  It lasts only a few days; the brown spores are released and blow away, leaving a bit of fuzz behind.

Like all slime molds, this species lives as a bit of slime crawling through the forest litter, eating bacteria and other microorganisms.  When conditions are good and food dwindling they produce the fruiting bodies which release spores to found a new generation.  The fuzz left behind dies.

The log these fruiting bodies were found on was inhabited by carpenter ants.  I observed them carrying the fruiting bodies into and out of their nest, as if some of the ants were gathering them, but others weren't convinced of their desirability.

The genus Arcyria is found worldwide, and is considered among the most common slime molds in the world.  There are several red species, but A. denudata is said to be the most common red one, so is likely the one we have in Wildwood.