Potential ECM hosts in the area were Quercus spp., Carya spp., Carpinus caroliniana, Ostrya virginiana and Fagus grandifolia. Odor somewhat foul - like rotten vegetables - but not intense. No microscopic structures cyanescent in 1M KOH. Monomitic with clamped and simple-septate generative hyphae. Cystidia absent. Spores aculeat with spines up to 1.47 µm long (4 measured). Spore measurements from Piximetre: (6.9) 7.4 - 9.2 (9.8) Ã- (4.8) 5.5 - 7.2 (7.6) µm, Q = (1.1) 1.2 - 1.5 (1.6); N = 25, Me = 8.2 Ã- 6.2 µm; Qe = 1.3 Individual spores: 8.17 x 7.16 µm, 7.87 x 6.25 µm, 8.77 x 7.25 µm, 8.04 x 5.71 µm, 9.70 x 7.16 µm, 7.43 x 6.83 µm, 9.11 x 6.57 µm, 8.25 x 6.06 µm, 9.83 x 7.58 µm, 8.31 x 5.45 µm, 8.29 x 6.38 µm, 7.90 x 6.33 µm, 9.18 x 5.87 µm, 7.74 x 6.38 µm, 8.82 x 6.68 µm, 7.89 x 5.92 µm, 7.78 x 5.66 µm, 8.03 x 6.00 µm, 6.90 x 5.52 µm, 8.90 x 5.76 µm, 7.46 x 5.68 µm, 7.75 x 5.51 µm, 8.19 x 5.79 µm, 7.42 x 4.77 µm, 8.09 x 5.85 µm