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Scleroderma citrinum

DEFINITIONS OF: Scleroderma citrinum

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n an earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior; the peridium is covered with a pattern of small warts

Synonyms:
Scleroderma aurantium
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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