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my son found this so there may be a duplicate observation posted soon. just trying to confirm species

Pecan?

At the State Fair of TX

Foraging on Maximilian Sunflower. Photos by my husband.

Photo credit to husband Michael Matuson.

In forest habitat, fallen tree branch as substrate

Rosy Stinkhorn

Spongy column, rosy pink, smelly spore mass.

large cream-colored fungus growing on a mature pecan tree. This is commonly called a hedgehog mushroom, although this specimen does not appear to have the spines as seen on most of these occurrences.

Source: http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ELCA4

Notice the sessile flowers and the fruit in photos.

2 years later, but I finally collected a specimen for BRIT as @bob777 suggested: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5292320