הזיהויים של rosawoodsii

1.8cm diam sphere with pointed base. Buried in needle duff under 5-needle pine. Surface is reddish-brown ad granular, and less than 1mm thick. The outer layer easily peels off. Inside that is a 1-2mm thick light red layer. This layer is cartilaginous. The interior is white, soft with some radial-fibrous structure.

Does Rhizopogon have these two peridium layers, one thin and the other thicker?

•Found in slightly acidic and moist soil inoculated with mycorrhizae.

•Fruiting bodies located between Thuya occidentalis and Rhododendron catawbiense.

•Possibly Scleroderma spp.

•Never seen before inoculation.

•Habitat and seasonality corresponding to both species of fungi.

•No odour, firm texture.