Strange Gelatinous Fungus in Georgia

I discovered this strange gelatinous fungus while hiking in Black Rock Mountain, GA. Does anyone have any idea of what it could be?

And some more in different stages.

http://38.media.tumblr.com/3511ddd76643dbe730723e6bbba8475a/tumblr_naa6fm22lz1tjz7flo5_1280.jpg

http://37.media.tumblr.com/272d82e55ef09ea3a6ed2332606259d8/tumblr_naa6fm22lz1tjz7flo3_1280.jpg

http://37.media.tumblr.com/fd7a91d0b642233ed881ef76dcc76730/tumblr_naa6fm22lz1tjz7flo2_1280.jpg

http://38.media.tumblr.com/18aa9b20fe6a4ab690a64d98b6fdef83/tumblr_naa6fm22lz1tjz7flo1_1280.jpg

Gee Mazer wrote:And some more in different stages.

http://38.media.tumblr.com/3511ddd76643dbe730723e6bbba8475a/tumblr_naa6fm22lz1tjz7flo5_1280.jpg

http://37.media.tumblr.com/272d82e55ef09ea3a6ed2332606259d8/tumblr_naa6fm22lz1tjz7flo3_1280.jpg

http://37.media.tumblr.com/fd7a91d0b642233ed881ef76dcc76730/tumblr_naa6fm22lz1tjz7flo2_1280.jpg

http://38.media.tumblr.com/18aa9b20fe6a4ab690a64d98b6fdef83/tumblr_naa6fm22lz1tjz7flo1_1280.jpg

found one of these last year. it looks like an alien nipple surrounded by salamander eggs.

but it's called Calostoma cinnabarinum, "Stalked Puffball-in-Aspic,"

http://www.mushroomexpert.com/calostoma_cinnabarinum.html

Good find, Drake! And after that description, I'm unlikely to forget it.

Thanks for the identification! At first I thought someone had cracked open an egg, then the later stages resembled small pomegranates with seeds spilling out.