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Scleroderma is a
genus of fungi,
commonly known as
earth balls, now
known to
belong to the
Boletales order, in
suborder Sclerodermatineae. The best known...
- synonyms,
Scleroderma aurantium (Vaill.) and
Scleroderma vulgare Horn.
Earthballs are
superficially similar to, and
considered look-alikes of, the edible...
- 2 μm. S. cepa
looks similar to some
other earthballs in the
genus Scleroderma,
especially the
common earthball S. citrinum. The two can be distinguished...
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acorn seated in its cu****. The
presence of
gleba can be
found in
earthballs and puffballs. The
gleba consists of
mycelium and
basidia and may also...
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parasitic bolete, is a rare
bolete mushroom found on
Scleroderma citrinum earthballs in
North America.
Pseudoboletus parasiticus is one of the earliest-diverging...
- been
revised in
recent years.
First Nature explains that "puffballs,
earthballs, earthstars,
stinkhorns and
several other kinds of
fungi were once thought...
- the
class is polyphyletic, as such species—which
include puffballs,
earthballs, earthstars, stinkhorns, bird's nest fungi, and
false truffles—are not...
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physically dissimilar groups into Boletales,
including the
Sclerodermataceae (
earthballs) and the
Rhizopogonaceae (false truffles).
Phylogenetic analyses shows...
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layer remains intact by a
definite aperture at the apex. In contrast,
earthball fungi generally have only one peridium,
which is 3–9 cm across. This lone...
- puffballs’, ‘
earthballs’, or 'earthstars', are
widespread in both
temperate and
tropical regions. The best
known members include the
earthball Scleroderma...
