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Scleroderma

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 species are S. citrinum and S. verrucosum. They are found worldwide.

Various members of this genus are used as inoculation symbionts to colonize and promote the growth of tree seedlings in nurseries. The majority of species are not edible.

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59 branches of this genus, most-observed first

common earthball

speciesScleroderma citrinum

Onion Earthball

speciesScleroderma cepa

Scleroderma geaster

complexScleroderma geaster

Leopard Earthball

speciesScleroderma areolatum

Potato Earthball

speciesScleroderma bovista

Scaly Earthball

speciesScleroderma verrucosum

Scleroderma sinnamariense

speciesScleroderma sinnamariense

Scleroderma meridionale

speciesScleroderma meridionale

Scleroderma macrosporum

speciesScleroderma macrosporum

Scleroderma septentrionale

speciesScleroderma septentrionale

Scleroderma flavidum

speciesScleroderma flavidum

Michigan Earthball

speciesScleroderma michiganense

Scleroderma sp. 'PNW02'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'PNW02'

Scleroderma nitidum

speciesScleroderma nitidum

Scleroderma arenicola

speciesScleroderma arenicola

Scleroderma aurantium

speciesScleroderma aurantium

Scleroderma stellatum

speciesScleroderma stellatum

Scleroderma albidum

speciesScleroderma albidum

Scleroderma hypogaeum

speciesScleroderma hypogaeum

Scleroderma sp. 'IN03'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'IN03'

Scleroderma sp. 'IN02'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'IN02'

Scleroderma sp. 'CA01'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'CA01'

Scleroderma columnare

speciesScleroderma columnare

Scleroderma floridanum

speciesScleroderma floridanum

Scleroderma laeve

speciesScleroderma laeve

Scleroderma solare

speciesScleroderma solare

Scleroderma sp. 'PR01'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'PR01'

Scleroderma sp. 'MI01'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'MI01'

Scleroderma lycoperdoides

speciesScleroderma lycoperdoides

Scleroderma xanthochroum

speciesScleroderma xanthochroum

Scleroderma sp. 'PR02'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'PR02'

Scleroderma sp. 'PR03'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'PR03'

Scleroderma sp. 'TX01'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'TX01'

Scleroderma sp. 'NY01'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'NY01'

Scleroderma radicans

speciesScleroderma radicans

Scleroderma reae

speciesScleroderma reae

Scleroderma tenerum

speciesScleroderma tenerum

Scleroderma zengchengense

speciesScleroderma zengchengense

Scleroderma capeverdeanum

speciesScleroderma capeverdeanum

Scleroderma macalpinei

speciesScleroderma macalpinei

Scleroderma sp. 'JP01'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'JP01'

Scleroderma sp. 'HI01'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'HI01'

Scleroderma sp. 'QC01'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'QC01'

Scleroderma sp. 'FL01'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'FL01'

Scleroderma sp. 'cepa-PNW01'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'cepa-PNW01'

Scleroderma sp. 'PR04'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'PR04'

Scleroderma sp. 'KMF164'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'KMF164'

Scleroderma sp. 'FL03'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'FL03'

Scleroderma sp. 'NY02'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'NY02'

Scleroderma sp. 'MA01'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'MA01'

Scleroderma sp. 'FL02'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'FL02'

Scleroderma pseudostipitatum

speciesScleroderma pseudostipitatum

Scleroderma patagonicum

speciesScleroderma patagonicum

Scleroderma stellenbossiense

speciesScleroderma stellenbossiense

Scleroderma mcalpinei

speciesScleroderma mcalpinei

Scleroderma cruentatum

speciesScleroderma cruentatum

Scleroderma sp. 'areolatum-PNW04'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'areolatum-PNW04'

Scleroderma sp. 'IN01'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'IN01'

Scleroderma sp. 'CA02'

speciesScleroderma sp. 'CA02'

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2

Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.417

Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms

James Sowerby · 1797 · p.760

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