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Scleroderma bovista

DEFINITIONS OF: Scleroderma bovista

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n an earthball with a peridium that is firm dry and smooth when young but developing cracks when mature; pale orange-yellow when young and reddish brown at maturity

Synonyms:
smooth earthball
Type of:
earthball, false truffle, hard-skinned puffball, puffball
any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
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