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common earthball

Scleroderma citrinum

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 2,448, February 1,808, March 2,833, April 4,457, May 6,426, June 7,007, July 7,498, August 6,448, September 4,734, October 3,534, November 1,931, December 1,509.
United States57,054
Alaska50,633
Canada2,105
Pennsylvania1,736
New York1,613
United Kingdom1,429
Massachusetts1,367
England1,230
Ontario1,108
North Carolina928

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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

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