Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales Family: Sclerodermataceae
Species: Scleroderma citrinum Pers.
Synonyms: Lycoperdon aurantiacum
Lycoperdon aurantium
Scleroderma aurantium
Scleroderma vulgare
Common Name: Common Earthball


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Scleroderma citrinumPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (32)
Pinus (4)
Quercus (2)
Betula (2)
Betula pubescens (2)
Pteridium aquilinum (2)
Quercus petraea (1)
Poaceae (1)
Tilia (1)
Castanea sativa (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Carpinus betulus (1)
Betula pendula (1)
Acer (1)
Taxus baccata (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland and scrub (10)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (7)
Woodland: mixed (7)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (6)
Parkland and scattered trees (5)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (5)
Woodland: broadleaved (3)
Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (2)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (2)
Woodland (2)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (2)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2)
Woodland: plantation (2)
Bog: raised (1)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (1)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Fen (1)
Improved grassland (1)
Rowan-birch woods (1)
Scrub (1)
Wet dwarf shrub heath (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (41)
Soil Grassy (7)
Soil Mossy (7)
Soil Leaves (6)
Dead Wood (3)
Soil Needle (2)
Stump (2)
Tree (2)
Leaf Litter (1)
Litter (1)
Soil bare (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (15)
May (1)
July (3)
August (23)
September (31)
October (39)
November (3)
December (2)