Growing on burned pitch pine
oops. I forgot to take actual pictures of this tree. This observation is specifically for the acorn / plate in the middle. I collected acorns from three different trees today to compare them.
Sitting on the surface with squirrel tooth marks on it under Eastern White Pine and Nordmann fir. Smells mushroomy, but also a bit like drying latex paint. Taste mild, pleasant but not a lot of flavor. @tombigelow suggested Melanogaster tuberiformis before I even got it home. Spores brown, 13-18.8 x 8.2-11.4µm
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found while searching for Brood X periodical cicadas
Extended combat between these two males around the base of a stop light nesting site. See also https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/70835238
Growing solitary in grass, spores 7–9.5 × 4–5 μm
growing on the bark of several trees along Dell Ave