English > genus Scleroderma: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies: false truffles. |
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Synonym | Scleroderma |
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Member of | Sclerodermataceae, family Sclerodermataceae | A family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium |
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Members | Scleroderma bovista, smooth earthball | An earthball with a peridium that is firm dry and smooth when young / young but developing cracks when mature |
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Scleroderma citrinum, Scleroderma aurantium | An earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior |
Scleroderma flavidium, star earthball | An earthball with a smooth upper surface that is at first buried in sand |
earthball, false truffle, puffball, hard-skinned puffball | Any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles |
Broader | fungus genus | Includes lichen genera |
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Spanish | genus scleroderma, scleroderma |
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Catalan | genus scleroderma, scleroderma |
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