Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales	Family: Sclerodermataceae
Species: Scleroderma bovista Fr.

Synonyms:

Phlyctospora fusca Scleroderma fuscum Scleroderma verrucosum subsp. bovista Scleroderma verrucosum var. bovista Tuber fuscum

Common Name:

Potato Earthball

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (7) Betula (1) Carex (1) Larix (1) Pseudotsuga menziesii (1) Quercus (1) Tilia (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: mixed (4) Built-up areas (3) Parkland and scattered trees (3) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (3) Built up area, domestic (2) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (2) Woodland (2) Woodland and scrub (2) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2) Bare ground (1) Other artificial habitats (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (15) Soil Grassy (10) Soil Mossy (3) Soil Needle (1) Stony (1) Wood (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (2) July (5) August (8) September (12) October (5) November (3)