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Bright brick-red mushrooms. Relatively tall stems. Caps very tufty, with plicate edges. Sparse fleshy buff gills slightly decurrent. About 450m southwest of the Green/Blue Arrow junction.
GPS co-ords: 16.886816 S, 145.731378 E. WGS 84. (Right near the Poison Fire Coral.)

Growing in the same location as observation 454185 and observation 454187. Outside of the Northeast corner of Kottman Hall. Growing abundantly under the soil at the base of a Tilia sp. Quercus rubra nearby. Some ascocarps had been excavated and partially eaten by Sciurus carolinensis. Ascocarps up to 35.7 mm wide. Peridium verrucose. Texture firm. Strong pungent odor, described as being like “broccoli with soy sauce” by P. Brandon Matheny and students. I would agree with this description but add that it had a note of garlic.

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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Apr. 11, 2023.

On decaying Betula papyrifera. Similar looking fruits were widespread in the forest on other hardwoods. Violet tones noticable when pseudostem was broken.
Heavily sporulating days after collected.
Ascospores elliptical, with distinctly round warts prevalent. Spores often with rounded apiculi at the ends.
(17.7) 18.6 - 20.1 (20.6) × (8.2) 8.4 - 9.3 (9.6) µm
Q = (1.9) 2 - 2.28 (2.3) ; N = 33
Me = 19.4 × 8.9 µm ; Qe = 2.2

Asci
(242.3) 246 - 268.3 (281.2) × (12.1) 12.2 - 14.4 (17.6) µm
Q = (14.6) 17.3 - 22 (22.4) ; N = 17
Me = 259.9 × 13.6 µm ; Qe = 19.4

Paraphyses simple, with rounded ends which are sometimes subclavate.
3-5um wide, up to 5.4um wide at apex. -- n=10,

Spores Inamyloid in melzer’s, roughly 16-18um longitudinally. I will add better measurements when I get a chance. Clamp connections present, found using phloxine, all photos taken at 400x. Will add ITS sequence when possible.