Scleroderma sp.
1 Scleroderma at Hughes, ACT
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| Scleroderma sp. | Heino1 | 15 May 2019 | |
| Calvatia sp. | JonSteinbeck | 10 May 2019 |
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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
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.
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.
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
Collections
- BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Scleroderma sp. 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 1340.61m Recorded at altitude