Growing within many of the balsamroots
Hitchcock & Cronquist ((2018) fruit key
1b
11b
12a
13b
15b
16b
17b
18a
3 feet from base of conifer. Feel springy and vibrates a bit when tapped but has a spongy rather than woody feel. Smells strangely unpleasant. Seems to bruise reddish brown on pores after handling.
Planted in the front yard of a house we are renting.