Forma | Globular sometimes even flattened, irregular. |
Size | Ranges from the size of a pea to that of a tennis ball. |
Peridium | Smooth with variable yellow-pale yellow, pale gray, ochraceous color with red-brown flecks with a slight down that disappears when ripe. |
Gleba | It is whitish in color when unripe while at maturity purplish-brown with coarse very branched red-brown veins. |
Spores | Rounded and reticulated small yellow-brown meshes are found within the axils in numbers from 1 to 4. |
Scent | Strong and garlicky. |
Ripening | January to April. |
Habitat | Prefers loose, sandy soils such as those in coastal pine forests where it can also reach considerable size, but also limestone-clay soils in hills. It is also found in soils with a slightly acidic to alkaline reaction (Ph. 6.5 / 8.2), from sea level to 1000 meters above sea level. |
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