earthball
A fungus with a thick, tough outer rind and an internal spore mass, often resembling a rough-skinned potato.
Scleroderma citrinum (gul potetrøyksopp / common earthball)
All languages
- English
- earthball
- Norwegian
- potetrøyksopp
- Japanese
- Scleroderma citrinum — Scientific name; Japanese name under review
- Korean
- Scleroderma citrinum — Scientific name; Korean name under review
- Spanish
- Scleroderma citrinum — Scientific name; Spanish name under review
- French
- scléroderme commun
- German
- Dickschaliger Kartoffelbovist
Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.
Reference sources
- Artsdatabanken — accepted Norwegian name gul potetrøyksopp and taxon Scleroderma citrinum
- Naturalis interactive fungi guide — irregular dome-to-bulb shape, coarse scales and dingy yellow-to-ochre surface
- First Nature — stemless rounded body with tough thick yellow-ochre skin, polygonal scales and basal mycelial threads