Common earthball
Scleroderma citrinum
Poisonous: never pick it to eat.
This is a game, not a field guide. Never eat a wild mushroom or plant because of it; if you are unsure, ask a mushroom advisor or a poison centre.
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Scleroderma citrinum
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Boletales
- Family
- Sclerodermataceae
- Under the cap
- Spores inside
- Cap
- No cap
- Stem
- No stem
- Lives by
- Partner of trees
- Season
- Summer, Autumn
- Habitat
- Broadleaf forest, Conifer forest
- Spore print
- Black
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Scleroderma means hard skin in Greek, after its thick, tough outer wall.
- It is poisonous and can cause stomach and gut trouble.
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Similar fungi
- Slippery jack
Suillus luteus
- Lurid bolete
Suillellus luridus
- Pine bolete
Boletus pinophilus
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q1210127 · All fungi · All entries