heatherdawson's Identifications

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

Small truffle with light brown to creamy white exterior,
Soft, spongey, creamy gleba,
White UV to yellow UV,
No odor/taste,
Growing above soil at base of doug fir next to trail,
Near sitka spruce/redwood,
Spores are white, subspherical with echinate ornamentation and amyloid

Very soft, light pleasant odor. Yellowish white.
Under white fir.
NN24-0618-1
Spores are around 10-13nm spherical sometimes oblong with small cyanophilous(?) bumps/spines. Reddish brown crystals in peridium