English > Scleroderma: 2 senses > noun 2, plant| Meaning | genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies: false truffles. |
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| Synonym | genus 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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