Scleroderma bovista Fr.
(Potato Earthball)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesScleroderma bovista (Potato Earthball)
GenusScleroderma (earthballs)
FamilySCLERODERMATACEAE (earthballs and dyeballs)
OrderBOLETALES (spongecap toadstools and their relatives, boletes)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Scleroderma bovista (Potato Earthball) :
1: Scleroderma bovista (Potato Earthball)
28 Sep 2004 OSGR: SX76 50° 30’ N, 3° 50’ W Vice County: South Devon (VC 3) England
4 fruitbodies under oak
Image 1: Fruitbodies - in situImage 2: Fruitbodies - in situ - close-upImage 3: Fruitbodies - young - dug up to show rhizomorphsImage 4: Fruitbody - LS - close-upImage 5: Fruitbody - LS - showing rhizomorphsImage 6: Fruitbody - old - dug up to show rooting baseImage 7: Fruitbody - old - dug up to show rooting base (2)Image 8: Fruitbody - surface ornamentation - enlargedImage 9: Spores - focussed on profile - highly magnifiedImage 10: Spores - focussed on profile - highly magnified (2)Image 11: Spores - focussed on surface - highly magnifiedImage 12: Spores - focussed on surface - highly magnified (2)Image 13: Spores - focussed on surface - highly magnified (3)Image 14: Spores - focussed on surface - highly magnified (4)Image 15: Spores - focussed on surface - highly magnified (5)Image 16: Spores - magnifiedImage 17: Spores - magnified (2)Image 18: Spores - magnified (3)

Scleroderma bovista (Potato Earthball) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Scleroderma bovista (Potato Earthball)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Scleroderma bovista (Potato Earthball)
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