I was weeding under some shrubs at a clients’ home the other day, when I thought I saw an egg standing on end sitting on top of the soil.
I pulled it out to get a closer look when I realized it wasn’t an egg, unless it was putting down roots and decided to stay there for winter.
I have to assume that it was a puffball mushroom, yet I don’t usually see them look like this.
You may be wondering what I did with this egg or mushroom after taking a few photos?
I replanted it where it was. I wasn’t going to eat it so I figured I wait and see what it did.
Either hatch or as with mushrooms, marvel as it transforms itself in a ball of spores.
If someone out there who knows more about what it is, I’ld be grateful for the information
antilandscaper 
I’m afraid I can’t help you figure out what it is, but I do like your pictures! (The first one reminds me a bit of a frog with a pensive expression on its face.)
Yikes~
how odd!!!
It’s got the look and color of a mushroom. No matter what, it’s nice to occasionally happen upon some mysterious discovery in nature.
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I was hoping the link would lead me to the puff ball answer, but no. I’ve seen those around, too. They are quite the oddity.
Looks like a gall. They come in millions of varieties, shapes, forms, colors. That one looks like it has formed around a seedling. See Wikipedia for more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall
I’m pretty sure it is a puff ball for I found it growing on the ground under a shrub. I should have kept it but my area around me is overwhelmed with stuff I collect