genus scleroderma
Noun
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Genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies: false truffles (synset 112989642)
is a type of: fungus genus - includes lichen generamember 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 earthballssame as: scleroderma
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