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Pigskin Poison Puffball

Scleroderma citrinum

Description:

or also known as Common Earthball, i picked the second common name since this cracked open specimen shows pretty good why it is not edible - in comparison to some Puffball species.

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3 Comments

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 12 years ago

Added to mission "Poisonous and Deadly Fungi"

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 12 years ago

Actually it's pretty common here

Ietermagog
Ietermagog 12 years ago

How exquisite!

LarsKorb
Spotted by
LarsKorb

Schönstedt, Freistaat Thüringen, Germany

Spotted on Feb 18, 2012
Submitted on Feb 18, 2012

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