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are produced in small brownish-purple, pea-like bodies called peridioles that initially are outlined by wall-like aggregations of white
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Gasteromycetes: Morphological and Developmental Features, with keys to the orders, families, and genera
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plantations in south China and implications for management".
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with shrubs and trees, and have a worldwide distribution.
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Index

Earth ball
scleroderma
Spherical Earth
cage ball

Scleroderma texense
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Fungi
Basidiomycota
Agaricomycetes
Boletales
Sclerodermataceae
Scleroderma
Pers.
Type species
genus
fungi
Boletales
suborder
Sclerodermatineae
S. citrinum
S. verrucosum
Greek
peridium
basidiocarp
gleba
Spores
hyphae

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