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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Scleroderma verrucosumPhotographer: © 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)
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)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (6)
Soil bare (5)
Soil Leaves (3)
Soil Grassy (2)
Tree (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
August (2)
September (13)
October (7)
November (3)