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Scleroderma sp
Tough puffballs with blackish interiors, species of Scleroderma are sometimes called "earthballs" by field guide authors attempting to separate them from softer, fleshier puffballs. About 25 species of Scleroderma have been described world-wide, and most of these occur in North America. The easily recognized Scleroderma citrinum is well known and common, and famous for hosting the curious bolete Boletus parasiticus. In a bizarre turn of taxonomical events, recent DNA research has placed Scleroderma in the Boletales
Spotted in a public garden
Spotted on Oct 25, 2013
Submitted on Nov 30, 2013
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