WTF? -- (what's this fungus?)

Look what's busting through the hard-packed gravel logging road where I walk the dogs!

Oh my goodness.
There's no keeping these little mushrooms from making it up through the road bed!

The older clump of them has died dramatically into a rather slimy black mess.

Any idea what kind these guys are? Not to worry, I would never eat or pick them no matter what they are! I already heard a suggestion that they are "magic" mushrooms - ???