| Phylum: Basidiomycota | Class: Basidiomycetes |
| Order: Boletales | Family: Sclerodermataceae |
| Species: Scleroderma verrucosum (Bull.) Pers. | |
| Synonyms: |
Aecidium petersii Lycoperdon defossum Lycoperdon verrucosum |
| Common Name: | Scaly Earthball |
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Photographer: © Roy Anderson |
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| Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Betula pendula (2) Corylus avellana (2) Quercus robur (2) Abies cephalonica (1) Acer pseudoplatanus (1) Crataegus monogyna (1) Prunus laurocerasus (1) Quercus petraea (1) Quercus suber (1) Salix (1) |
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| Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Neutral grassland: semi-improved (4) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (4) Woodland (3) Woodland: mixed (3) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2) Woodland: broadleaved (2) Boundaries: defunct hedge, species-poor (1) Built up area, domestic (1) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1) Scrub (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1) |
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| Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (6) Soil bare (5) Soil Leaves (3) Soil Grassy (2) Tree (1) |
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| Months recorded in & number of records: August (2) September (13) October (7) November (3) |
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