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Leopard Earthball

Scleroderma areolatum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 227, February 168, March 263, April 413, May 596, June 649, July 695, August 598, September 439, October 328, November 179, December 140.
United States5,976
Alaska4,693
Canada475
Ontario419
Michigan259
New York143
Indiana115
Wisconsin98
Illinois95
Pennsylvania81

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.FungiTastic metadata
  • Earthball fungus formDescends from a fungal lineage whose members are typically earthballs.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
Orderboletes and allies · Boletales
FamilySclerodermataceae
Genusearthballs · Scleroderma

Sources

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