aldendirks'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

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

Hypogeous, few cm under the ground, attacked by Tolypocladium ophioglossoides and connected by yellow golden threads. 1.8 cm wide. Spores matured to a brown tone and from 20.9-27 um. There was a clear capillitium with septa. At the base of a huge deciduous tree. The outside skin was woody and tough to cut. It has a nice edible fungus smell, mixed with spices. The truffle had several thin cordons on the outer surface. Ornamentation outside is made of tip but not like pyramids as I saw on another truffle. The photos 2,3 and 4 don't show the right color which is more towards yellow than orange. Last photo shows the tuber in situ with its parasites. Park.