BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Scleroderma citrinum Pers., 1801 (Common Earthball)
| Notes (MWS) | A very common species on acid soil, mainly in woodland. This is the host of *Boletus parasiticus* |
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scleroderma citrinum | Fruitbody | 27 September 1997 | Berks | England | 16 | |
| Scleroderma citrinum? | Fruitbody | 20 July 1968 | East Sussex | England | 1 |
Suggested Literature
General Works
| Both, E.E., 2006 | Personal Encounters with the Parasitic Bolete |
Scleroderma citrinum may also be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Scleroderma citrinum is associated with:
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fruitbody | Betula - birches (Betulaceae) | fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [acid soil] | |
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fruitbody | Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) | fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [acid soil] | |
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fruitbody | Quercus - oaks (Fagaceae) | fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [acid soil] | |
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fruitbody | Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees | fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [acid soil] |
Associated with Scleroderma citrinum:
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fruitbody | fruitbody is parasitised by Verticillium anamorph | Hypomyces chrysospermus - Bolete Mould (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) | 
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Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 |
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fruitbody | fruitbody is parasitised by perithecium | Hypomyces chrysospermus - Bolete Mould (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) |
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Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 |
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fruitbody | fruitbody is parasitised by chlamydospore of Sepedonium anamorph | Hypomyces chrysospermus - Bolete Mould (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) |
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Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 |
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gleba, fruitbody (deformed) | deformed gleba of fruitbody is parasitised by fruitbody | Pseudoboletus parasiticus - Parasitic Bolete (Boletales: Boletaceae) | 
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Both, E.E., 2006 |
Scleroderma citrinum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
BASIDIOMYCETES (spore droppers) |
Scleroderma (earthballs) |
References
| Both, E.E., 2006 | Personal Encounters with the Parasitic Bolete |
| Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 | Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook |
| Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota |
