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Scleroderma sp.
4cm Potato shaped fungi with a cracked surface showing darker red-brown interior. Leathery and hard surface like dried papiermache
In the crook of tree roots at the base of a gum tree. Ancient depleted reddish soils (Eastern Australian Coastal) with gravel and moss and lichen. The ground is moist and appears to be a little habitat that dries some time after the rest of the ridge area
files # kangaroo nugget fungi
Spotted on Mar 8, 2013
Submitted on Mar 8, 2013
2 Comments
Thanks gully.moy it will help
Most likely a Scleroderma species.