Fungi > Basidiomycota > Agaricomycetes > Boletales > Sclerodermataceae > Scleroderma > Scleroderma citrinumScleroderma citrinum (Common Earthball)Synonyms: Lycoperdon aurantiacum; Lycoperdon aurantium; Scleroderma aurantiacum; Scleroderma aurantium; Scleroderma aurantium var. macrorhizum; Scleroderma citrinum var. reticulatum; Scleroderma lycoperdoides var. reticulatum; Scleroderma vulgare; Scleroderma vulgare macrorhizum; Scleroderma vulgare var. bogoriense; Scleroderma vulgare var. novoguineense Scleroderma citrinum, commonly known as the common earthball, pigskin poison puffball, or common earth ball, is the most common species of earthball in the UK and occurs widely in woods, heathland and in short grass from autumn to winter.Scleroderma citrinum has two synonyms, Scleroderma aurantium (Vaill.) and Scleroderma vulgare Horn. The earthball may be parasitized by Pseudoboletus parasiticus. |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Borrowdale Woodland Complex |
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1650 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Ebernoe Common |
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581 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Epping Forest |
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3966 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Fenn`s, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses |
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2346 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Lake District High Fells |
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66717 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay |
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151985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay Pavements |
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6449 |
England, United Kingdom |
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River Eden |
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6087 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sefton Coast |
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11278 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The New Forest |
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72309 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Witherslack Mosses |
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1202 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Ecology of Commanster♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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