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Pisolithus arhizus
Pisolithus arhizus, commonly known as the dead man's foot, dyeball, pardebal, or Bohemian truffle, is a widespread earth-ball like fungus, which may in fact be several closely related species. This puffball's black viscous gel is used as a natural dye for clothes. Pisolithus arhizus is a major component in mycorrhizal fungus mixtures that are used in gardening as powerful root stimulators. It is inedible.
5 branches of this group, most-observed first
Dyeball
speciesPisolithus arhizus
Dead Man's Foot
speciesPisolithus tinctorius
Pisolithus sp. 'PNW01'
speciesPisolithus sp. 'PNW01'
Pisolithus capsulifer
speciesPisolithus capsulifer
Pisolithus orientalis
speciesPisolithus orientalis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1366812.