A sequence confirms this is S. bovista, and so it also occurs with conifers in addition to broadleaved trees in NZ. I will need to edit the key. https://inaturalist.nz/journal/cooperj/7327-scleroderma-in-nz There is still a bright yellow Scleroderma with pines that needs pinning down.
Grey Smith
2017-01-00
2017/01/11 3:24 PM NZDT
New Zealand, Manawatu-Wanganui, Kahuterawa Valley, Linton, New Zealand