High drought year, after recent rain in a dried out cedar swamp in NJ Pine Barrens, growing gregariously, no significant smell notes
ABCO bark
HAY-F-006498
Habitat = small shrumps (4) occurring just above a large debris pile from some young trees that have all fallen in one area. One truffle had mold growing on it and grubs eating it. The other three were solid, no mold.
Scent when fresh = grape soda on a pan fried steak sitting on a rubber mat in the sun.
No UVF observed
Microscopy (2023.10.01)
Spores - round, rough with thick wall, ~up to 32.5 um in diameter, brown
Asci - 8 spores, 250 x 33 um,
paraphyse - swollen tips. 110 x 12 um
tissue was tough. Attempted water mounting, but everything was bound so tight I couldn't see individual structures. KOH mounting and then squishing allowed me to separate asci and paraphyses
p3 12-8
HAY-F-006498
Habitat = small shrumps (4) occurring just above a large debris pile from some young trees that have all fallen in one area. One truffle had mold growing on it and grubs eating it. The other three were solid, no mold.
Scent when fresh = grape soda on a pan fried steak sitting on a rubber mat in the sun.
No UVF observed
Microscopy (2023.10.01)
Spores - round, rough with thick wall, ~up to 32.5 um in diameter, brown
Asci - 8 spores, 250 x 33 um,
paraphyse - swollen tips. 110 x 12 um
tissue was tough. Attempted water mounting, but everything was bound so tight I couldn't see individual structures. KOH mounting and then squishing allowed me to separate asci and paraphyses
p3 12-8
HAY-F-007765
p5 6-6
HAY-F-007737
Only oxidized latex glows under UV
p5 4-4