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Earthballs

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Any tips on how to distinguish the different species of earth balls? Posted 9 years ago
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    morpheme
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    There are only a few species in this area and of them you can look at the scales on the skin - they look fairly different in texture and size of the spines/scales. If you still are having a hard time, they also look quite different in cross section.

    But... you made me go back and take another look - Roger's and MushroomExpert both list Scleroderma verrucosum as a tropical/subtropical species and areolatum as the one I should find here!     Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago

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The Leopard Earthball

Scleroderma areolatum is a basidiomycete fungus and a member of the genus Scleroderma, or "earth balls."

Like most members of Scleroderma, S. areolatum resembles but is only distantly related to the giant puffball. It can be distinguished from the giant puffball by cutting it in half; the puffball will have a solid, denser middle, with no signs of a developing cap mushroom. They are usually 1–5 cm in diameter, and grow individually or in small groups. They are commonly found in deciduous.. more

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Similar species: Boletales
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Uploaded Sep 15, 2015. Captured Oct 14, 2015 15:40 in NF-4081, Darrington, WA 98241, USA.
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Captured in the fall. More fall photos.