Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

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Scleroderma verrucosum (Bull.) Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 1: 154 (1801)

Lycoperdon defossum sensu Sowerby [Col. Fig. Engl. Fung. 3: pl. 311 (1801)]
Lycoperdon verrucosum Bull., Hist. Champ. Fr. (Paris) 1: 24 (1791)

Habitat: On humic and sandy soils in a variety of habitats such as heathland, parkland and woodland and occasionally on decayed wood.

Notes: Common and widespread.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: o, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: o; Isle of Man: o

Vouchers: England: K(M) 44776; Scotland: K(M) 81183; Wales: K(M) 81186; NI: K(M) 82966; ROI: K(M) 81184; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 28301

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 250-251, pl. Figs 14/15
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 297
D+I:, in Pegler, D.N., Læssøe, T., & Spooner, B.M, British Puffballs, Earthstars and Stinkhorns: an account of the Gasteroid Fungi: 1-255 (1995), p. 32-33

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