Genus

Scleroderma (Earthballs)

Scleroderma polyrhizum. Photo: (c) Sarah Gregg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Scleroderma is a genus of fungi, commonly known as earth balls, now known to belong to the Boletales order, in suborder Sclerodermatineae. The best known species are S. citrinum and S. verrucosum. They are found worldwide. Various members of this genus are used as inoculation symbionts to colonize and promote the growth of tree seedlings in nurseries. They are not edible.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Agaricomycetes
        Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
        Order: Boletales (Boletes and allies)
        Suborder: Sclerodermatineae
        Family: Sclerodermataceae
        Genus: Scleroderma (Earthballs)
        Species: Scleroderma areolatum (Leopard earthball)
        Species: Scleroderma citrinum (Common earthball)
        Complex: Scleroderma geaster (1)

Subtaxa

Species: Scleroderma areolatum (Leopard earthball)

Species: Scleroderma citrinum (Common earthball)

Complex: Scleroderma geaster

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