Scleroderma

An Earthball Mushroom

Synonyms: Lycoperdastrum, Mycastrum, Actigea, Sterrebeckia, Sterrebekia, Goupilia, Phlyctospora, Pompholyx, Sclerangium, Stella, Caloderma, Pirogaster, Neosaccardia, Nepotatus

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Fungus

Sublevel 1: Dikarya

Sublevel 2: Basidiomycota

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Division: Basidiomycota

Class: Agaricomycetes

Order: Boletales

Family: Sclerodermataceae

Genus: Scleroderma

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Scleroderma