Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales	Family: Sclerodermataceae
Species: Scleroderma citrinum Pers.

Synonyms:

Coden Euraid Lycoperdon aurantium Scleroderma aurantiacum Scleroderma aurantium Scleroderma vulgare

Common Name:

Common Earthball

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (32) Pinus (4) Pteridium aquilinum (2) Quercus (2) Betula (2) Betula pubescens (2) Castanea sativa (1) Carpinus betulus (1) Acer (1) Betula pendula (1) Corylus avellana (1) Quercus petraea (1) Taxus baccata (1) Tilia (1) Poaceae (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)