(Fruitbody at first hypogeous, becoming epigeous, subglobose or somewhat depressed, 1.5-4 cm diam., encrusted with debris. Expanded fruitbody 4.5-8(-10) cm diam., exoperidium splitting into 7-12 rays, non-hygroscopic. Mycelial layer present, encrusted with soil and debris, occasionally left as a cup-like structure in the ground. Fibrous layer when exposed greyish-white. Pseudoparenchymatous layer fleshy, up to 5 mm thick, whitish or pale brown, becoming dark brown, drying to leave irregular, net-like remnants. Endoperidial body 19-28(-34) mm diam., stalked, subglobose or depressed, commonly with a distinct apophysis. Stalk 2-4 mm high, greyish brown. Endoperidium at first pale brown with a thin, felty layer of hyphae, becoming almost smooth and darker, grey-brown to blackish. Peristome fibrillose, circular or broadly ellipsoid, sometimes with a paler margin, distinctly delimited or not. Columella whitish, cylindrical to clavate or irregular in form. Mature gleba dark brown, often with purplish tinge. Basidia not seen. Capillitial hyphae pale yellowish brown, thick walled, with narrow, discontinuous lumen, gradually tapered to the tips, partially finely encrusted, especially towards the tips. Spores globose, 4.5-5.5 µm diam. excluding ornament, 5-6.2(-6.5) µm diam. including ornament, dark brown, verruculose, verruculae 0.3-0.6 µm high, often partly coalescent, 0.5-1(-1.5) µm across.) Fruitbody at first hypogeous, becoming epigeous, subglobose or somewhat depressed, 1.5-4 cm diam., encrusted with debris. Expanded fruitbody 4.5-8(-10) cm diam., exoperidium splitting into 7-12 rays, non-hygroscopic. Mycelial layer present, encrusted with soil and debris, occasionally left as a cup-like structure in the ground. Fibrous layer when exposed greyish-white. Pseudoparenchymatous layer fleshy, up to 5 mm thick, whitish or pale brown, becoming dark brown, drying to leave irregular, net-like remnants. Endoperidial body 19-28(-34) mm diam., stalked, subglobose or depressed, commonly with a distinct apophysis. Stalk 2-4 mm high, greyish brown. Endoperidium at first pale brown with a thin, felty layer of hyphae, becoming almost smooth and darker, grey-brown to blackish. Peristome fibrillose, circular or broadly ellipsoid, sometimes with a paler margin, distinctly delimited or not. Columella whitish, cylindrical to clavate or irregular in form. Mature gleba dark brown, often with purplish tinge. Basidia not seen. Capillitial hyphae pale yellowish brown, thick walled, with narrow, discontinuous lumen, gradually tapered to the tips, partially finely encrusted, especially towards the tips. Spores globose, 4.5-5.5 µm diam. excluding ornament, 5-6.2(-6.5) µm diam. including ornament, dark brown, verruculose, verruculae 0.3-0.6 µm high, often partly coalescent, 0.5-1(-1.5) µm across.
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