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Scleroderma areolatum Ehrenb., 1818 (Leopard Earthball)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Scleroderma areolatum Fruitbody 28 September 2004 South Devon England 3 1 7
Scleroderma areolatum Fruitbody 19 September 2001 Surrey England 1 3
Scleroderma areolatum Fruitbody 18 October 1998 North Wiltshire England 14 6

Suggested Literature

Scleroderma areolatum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
BOLETALES
(spongecap taodstools and their relatives)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Scleroderma areolatum is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Quercus - oaks (Fagaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos 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

Associated with Scleroderma areolatum:

Scleroderma areolatum may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
Scleroderma
(earthballs)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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