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nounany of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
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- scleroderma aurantium an earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior; the peridium is covered with a pattern of small warts
- sclerodermataceae a family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium; includes earthballs
- scleroderma bovista an earthball with a peridium that is firm dry and smooth when young but developing cracks when mature; pale orange-yellow when young and reddish brown at maturity
- smooth earthball an earthball with a peridium that is firm dry and smooth when young but developing cracks when mature; pale orange-yellow when young and reddish brown at maturity
- scleroderma citrinum an earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior; the peridium is covered with a pattern of small warts
- star earthball an earthball with a smooth upper surface that is at first buried in sand; the top of the fruiting body opens up to form segments like the ray of an umbel
- family sclerodermataceae a family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium; includes earthballs
- scleroderma flavidium an earthball with a smooth upper surface that is at first buried in sand; the top of the fruiting body opens up to form segments like the ray of an umbel