From: riburr@shentel.net   
      
   Rusty_Hinge wrote:   
   >   
   > Frederick Burroughs wrote:   
   >   
   >> The first is something I found in the bottom of a hole,   
   >> dug by a critter in the front yard; See:   
   >> http://ftvmushrooms.blogspot.com/2009/04/early-find-id-request.html   
   >   
   > It looks a bit dark, but could it be Elaphomyces muricatus?   
   >   
   The peridium is dark and hard, like Elaphomyces, but Elaphomyces has a   
   mature spore mass that is dark in color.  The spore mass in what I found   
   is light, almost white.   
      
      
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