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Earthball

Scleroderma citrinum

Description:

A purple spored puffball, I think it is too small(1-2cm) to be Calvatia cyathiformis?

Habitat:

Near railroad tracks

1 Species ID Suggestions

HemaShah
HemaShah 11 years ago
Earthball
Sceleroderma sp


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3 Comments

chesterbperry
chesterbperry 11 years ago

Thank you Rat and PoP

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

yes an earthball indeed!

I think it's an 'earthball' species. I think a common one is Scleroderma citrinum; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scleroderma...

chesterbperry
Spotted by
chesterbperry

Tennessee, USA

Spotted on Oct 8, 2012
Submitted on Oct 17, 2012

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