| Scleroderma meridionale | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Sclerodermataceae |
| Genus: | Scleroderma |
| Species: | S. meridionale |
| Binomial name | |
| Scleroderma meridionale Demoulin & Malençon (1971) | |
Scleroderma meridionale is a puffball-like fungus in the family Sclerodermataceae. It was originally described in 1970 from Portugal, but is also found in North America. The fungus has a roughly circular to irregularly shaped fruit body up to 6 cm (2.4 in) in diameter with a thick, rooting base. The peridium is up to 2 mm thick and has a dry, roughened surface colored tan to yellow. Mature fruit bodies tend to split into irregular lobes, revealing a dark brownish- to blackish-gray spore mass (gleba). The spores are spherical with small spikes and measure 12–20 μm. Scleroderma meridionale grows in sandy areas, where it fruits singly or scattered in a partially buried state. Its edibility is unknown.
See also
References
- Demoulin V; Malençon G. (1970). "Un nouveau Scléroderma méditerranéo-sud-atlantique: Scleroderma meridionale Demoulin & Malençon, spec. nov". Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (in French). 86 (3): 699–704.
- Bessette AR; Bessette A; Neill WJ. (2001). Mushrooms of Cape Cod and the National Seashore. Syracuse University Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-8156-0687-1.
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