This was quite startling. Seemed to have a membrane on the top, of which most had been broken open. Opening them it was a black/grey matter like the inside of a earth ball in texture.
Brought one home, and it seemed to take on a purple tinge as it dried, instead of the black it was.
Glendhu Reserve, found under leaf litter of silver fern (Cyathea dealbata). On damp ground