Yellow-Stalked Puffball
Description: From the reference: "Ecology: Mycorrhizal with oaks; growing alone or gregariously; fall, or over winter in warm climates; apparently distributed from Arkansas to Massachusetts, but most common in the southern Appalachians. The illustrated and described collections are from Kentucky, North Carolina, and Virginia. Fruiting Body: Spore case round or nearly so, 10–15 mm across, orangish yellow, bald, with a ridged, crimson, beak-like opening; outer skin initially covering spore case but soon breaking apart to leave collar-like fragments at the base of the spore case, pale yellow, ...
Source: projectnoah.org