Verpa? Under incense cedar and ponderosa pine near Uncle Tom's Cabin ~ 4000 ft, forest along Wentworth Springs Rd, near big Pollock Pines burn.
Growing at base of Pseudotsuga menziesii.
Photo is terrible (sorry). Bird was flocking with c. two dozen others.
Mushroom at the base of a tree
Found in deep Ponderosa duff
Found in deep Ponderosa duff