HyperDic: scleroderma_citrinum

English > 1 sense of the expression Scleroderma citrinum:
NOUNplantScleroderma citrinum, Scleroderma aurantiuman earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior
English > Scleroderma citrinum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAn earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior; the peridium is covered with a pattern of small warts.
SynonymScleroderma aurantium
Member ofScleroderma, genus Sclerodermagenus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies
Broaderearthball, false truffle, puffball, hard-skinned puffballAny of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles

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