scleroderma

1. An autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue;
   Fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin (synset 114588777)
   is a type of: autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder - any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues
   subtypes: morphea - localized scleroderma
   same as: dermatosclerosis
2. Genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies: false truffles (synset 112989642)
   is a type of: fungus genus - includes lichen genera
   member holonym:

   • earthball, false truffle, hard-skinned puffball, puffball - any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
   • scleroderma aurantium, scleroderma citrinum - an earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior; the peridium is covered with a pattern of small warts
   • scleroderma flavidium, star earthball - an earthball with a smooth upper surface that is at first buried in sand; the top of the fruiting body opens up to form segments like the ray of an umbel
   • scleroderma bovista, smooth earthball - an earthball with a peridium that is firm dry and smooth when young but developing cracks when mature; pale orange-yellow when young and reddish brown at maturity
   belongs to: family sclerodermataceae, sclerodermataceae - a family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium; includes earthballs
   same as: genus scleroderma

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