Scleroderma sp.

1 Scleroderma at Hughes, ACT

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Identification history

	Scleroderma sp.	15 May 2019	Heino1
	Calvatia sp.	10 May 2019	JonSteinbeck

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User's notes

I could not identify this fungus. It may be a Puffball Fungus that has recently emerged out of the ground and is starting to split open to allow the spores to take flight.

2 comments

Heino1 wrote:

15 May 2019

This has a tough skin which splits a little irregularly from the top, the segments then folding back to allow wind dispersal of the spores. Even without a scale bar, you can see the whitish cross-section of the skin and the nearby twig litter helps convey the idea of thickness. In Calvatia the skin breaks irregularly and falls off, rather then the split-and-fold-back process.

JonSteinbeck wrote:

16 May 2019

Many thanks Heino1. I really know nothing about fungus so I appreciate your notes. Sorry, I did have a ruler with me but forgot to put it down for the photograph. Thanks again, all the best.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.103700 -35.329393
Altitude 635.4m
Maps Federal Golf Course Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
4 May 2019 07:43 AM Recorded on
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Fruitbody thick walled, splitting from the top Puffballs & the like Fungi

Species information

Scleroderma sp. Scientific name
Scleroderma Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 936.52m Recorded at altitude
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