Taste mild, odor hard to describe: mix of mealy, spermatic and hyacinth ?
Richard. One on my side of the property line, many on Dede's. Hemlock. CM23-18821
Humidicutis "marginata-NY01"
DNA - ITS - Nanopore
Richard on dead hardwood on forest floor. Likely oak. CM23-18842.
Buckman. I would have said some peziza sp. but inaturalist seemed pretty sure. Looking at the in situ picture, it does look a lot like an ear ...CM23-18839