Scleroderma verrucosum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Boletales |
Family: | Sclerodermataceae |
Genus: | Scleroderma |
Species: | S. verrucosum
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Binomial name | |
Scleroderma verrucosum | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Lycoperdon verrucosum Bull. (1791) |
Scleroderma verrucosum is a basidiomycete fungus and a member of the genus Scleroderma, or "earth balls". First described scientifically in 1791, the species has a cosmopolitan distribution, and grows in the ground in nutrient-rich, sandy soils.