Fungi › Sclerodermataceae
Many-rooted Earthball
Scleroderma polyrhizum
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Scleroderma meridionale
Hygroscopic EarthstarAstraeus hygrometricus
common earthballScleroderma citrinum
Onion EarthballScleroderma cepa
Purple-spored PuffballCalvatia cyathiformis
Corkstar PuffballMycenastrum corium
rounded earthstarGeastrum saccatum
DyeballPisolithus arhizus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 2,686 |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 397 |
| Virginia | 322 |
| New Jersey | 311 |
| Maryland | 262 |
| Georgia | 258 |
| Spain | 222 |
| Portugal | 201 |
| New York | 137 |
| South Carolina | 115 |
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
| Kingdom | Fungi Including Lichens · Fungi |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Basidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota |
| Class | Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes |
| Order | boletes and allies · Boletales |
| Family | Sclerodermataceae |
| Genus | earthballs · Scleroderma |
Study it in a deck
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: FungiTastic metadata (BSD-3-Clause repository; dataset terms require verification)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Many-rooted Earthball with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.