Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales	Family: Sclerodermataceae
Species: Scleroderma verrucosum (Bull.) Pers.

Synonyms:

Lycoperdon defossum Lycoperdon verrucosum

Common Name:

Scaly Earthball

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Photographer: © Roy Anderson

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (11) Quercus robur (3) Quercus (2) Corylus avellana (2) Betula pendula (2) Acer pseudoplatanus (1) Prunus laurocerasus (1) Abies cephalonica (1) Quercus petraea (1) Quercus suber (1) Salix (1) Crataegus monogyna (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland and scrub (7) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (6) Woodland: mixed (6) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (5) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (4) Woodland (3) Woodland: broadleaved (3) Boundaries: defunct hedge, species-poor (1) Built up area, domestic (1) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1) Scrub (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (26) Soil Leaves (4) Soil Grassy (2) Tree (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (3) March (3) July (1) August (7) September (16) October (16) November (3)