heatherdawson's Identifications

Snodige små leyt orange fargeklumper i litt ulike str. og fasonger, på fjorårsblad som hadde ligget tett som jorddekke under einerkvister i vinter.

Prøvde å klemme hull på en av dem, og innsida virka kanskje å være en hvitaktig masse.

Found Trailside between mature (~100 year old) Douglas fir forest uphill, and alder filled valley downhill. Mixture of ferns and huckleberry in the area. Found chanterelles (formosus) and Russulas with 20 feet as well.

Immediate scent on harvest was fresh cut pumpkin. Within an hour, scent changed into a green-apple jolly rancher. Over the next 3 days, gradually shifted towards tomato paste scent.

New species for me and my truffle pup

Tan, pale off-white to light brown-gray peridium, 2 partial lobes, dry irregular texture. Gleba light brown-cinnamon brown when cut, turning to darker brown, then very dark brown after exposed. in dry soil barely under surface. Under mixed conifers, aspen, ponderosa pine. 9050 feet. Odor of mild pleasant radish.

Microscope shows spores that are long, oval and contain 1-2 internal objects (maybe oil droplets)- this does NOT seem to match Identification photos from other sources... will wait for DNA sequencing results.

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