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Common Earthball

scleroderma citrinum

The Common Earthball is a round, spongy fungus that can be found on the forest floor! Its unique shape makes it look like a little ball just waiting to be discovered during your outdoor adventures.

Lebensraum: Forests, grasslands, and sometimes gardens.

Aussehen

The Common Earthball is a firm, round fungus, typically 3-10 cm wide. It has a yellowish-brown, warty or scaly outer skin, making it look like a tough, bumpy potato. Inside, it's firm and white when young, turning dark purple-brown and powdery as it matures.

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Common Earthball

Kategorie

Pilze

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Its warty skin makes it look like a tiny, bumpy alien planet.

Stepping on a ripe one can make a puff of "smoke"!

They are NOT edible puffballs; they are poisonous!

Young earthballs smell a bit like rubber or chemicals!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Common Earthball can release millions of powdery spores when disturbed, helping them spread far and wide.

Common Earthball has a hidden network that helps trees absorb water and nutrients, making forests healthier.

Maße und Details

Edibility: poisonous
Cap Diameter: 3-10 cm
Wachstumssubstrat: soil
Saison: Sommer bis Herbst
Sporenfarbe: Olive-brown to purplish-brown

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

symbiotic with

Oak

Quercus robur

Helps oak trees get water and nutrients from the soil.

symbiotic with

Scots Pine

Pinus sylvestris

Forms beneficial root connections, aiding pine tree growth.

eaten by

Black Slug

Arion ater

Slugs occasionally nibble on its developing fruiting body.

eaten by

Ground Beetle

Pterostichus melanarius

Some beetles might feed on its decomposing tissues.

Merkmale

Gefleckt

Mit Flecken oder farblich abgesetzten Bereichen gezeichnet.

Einzelgänger

Einzelgänger leben den größten Teil ihres Lebens allein und interagieren mit Artgenossen nur zur Paarung oder zur Aufzucht der Jungen.

Wald

Waldlebensräume sind terrestrische Lebensräume, die von dichtem Baumbestand dominiert werden und eine große Vielfalt an Pflanzen- und Tierarten beherbergen.