NOUN | plant | Scleroderma citrinum, Scleroderma aurantium | an earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior |
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Meaning | An earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior; the peridium is covered with a pattern of small warts. | |
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Synonym | Scleroderma aurantium | |
Member of | Scleroderma, genus Scleroderma | genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies |
Broader | earthball, false truffle, puffball, hard-skinned puffball | Any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles |
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