One side of an off-white, fibrous pod like thing that is shaped like a flattened egg. The surface looks smooth with veins running lengthwise and some brown splotches. Dense short fibers emerge from a seam along the side. The pod is lying on the blade of a digging knife that has a measurement scale that indicates it’s a little over 3 inches long and about 2 inches wide.
The other side of the mysterious pod, also shown on the digging knife for scale. It’s very similar to the other side, but has almost no brown splotches and has some dark dirt stuck to it.
One of the narrow sides of the mystery pod, held between a person’s thumb and fingertips, in front of a wet rock. This edge is fairly smooth, as opposed to the other edge which has many dense fibers emerging along a “seam” (not pictured). There is a small hole in the edge, showing a bit of the interior which is also off-white but otherwise without anything apparently notable.
New nature ID question:
What is this alien pod?
Off-white, fibrous pod type thing, found in the woods in eastern Connecticut on 4/2.
A little over 3 inches long and about 2 inches wide. Ovate and flat-ish.
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