Scleroderma areolatum
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| Scleroderma areolatum | |
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| File:Scleroderma areolatum.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Sclerodermataceae |
| Genus: | Scleroderma |
| Species: | S. areolatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Scleroderma areolatum | |
| Scleroderma areolatum | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
| File:Gleba icon.png | Glebal hymenium |
| File:No cap icon.svg | No distinct cap |
| File:NA cap icon.svg | Hymenium attachment is not applicable |
| File:NA cap icon.svg | Lacks a stipe |
| Spore print is purple-black to olive | |
| File:Mycorrhizal fungus.svg | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
| File:Mycomorphbox Poison.png | Edibility is poisonous |
Scleroderma areolatum is a basidiomycete fungus and a member of the genus Scleroderma, or "earth balls".
Description
[edit | edit source]They are usually 1–5 centimetres (3⁄8–2 in) in diameter, and grow individually or in small groups.[1]
Like most members of Scleroderma, S. areolatum resembles but is only distantly related to the giant puffball. It can be distinguished from the giant puffball by cutting it in half; the puffball will have a solid, denser middle, with no signs of a developing cap mushroom.
Habitat
[edit | edit source]They are commonly found in deciduous forests, in neutral soil.
Toxicity
[edit | edit source]They are poisonous,[2] and ingestion can lead to vomiting, diarrhea, and in larger quantities, fainting.
References
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