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Earthball sp.

Scleroderma sp.

Photo by Lipase
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51.4259, -1.03099

Field Notes

Description:

I marked it down as 'an earthball that's not S. citrinum'

Notes:

bd11 - location approx.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
gully.moy
Hmm - seems you're right! I have always heard that any puffball which is a clean white inside is edible, so I wonder if Scleroderma species don't develop their toxins until maturity...
Lipase
I think they start out white (at least some of them) and then go black. There are a few photos on google that show white interior and there's one on the mushroomexpert page: http://www.mushroomexpert.com/scleroderma_citrinum.html
gully.moy
If I understand correctly, Scleroderma species don't have clean white insides which would appear to rule out the genus on this spotting. I don't have a better suggestion however.

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PublishedApril 16, 2013

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