Scleroderma Aurantium (Noun)
Meaning
An earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior; the peridium is covered with a pattern of small warts.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The fungus enthusiast carefully cut open the scleroderma auranitum to reveal its distinctive dark purplish interior.
- Scleroderma auranitum typically grows in clusters on the ground in deciduous and mixed forests.
- The Earthball fungus, also known as Scleroderma auranitum, gets its name from its resemblance to a baseball.
- The peridium of the Scleroderma auranitum is covered in a pattern of small warts that give it a distinctive rough texture.
- In the fall, the forest floor is often littered with Scleroderma auranitum, their dingy brownish-yellow caps broken open to reveal the spores inside.