Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

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Scleroderma bovista Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 3(1): 48 (1829)

Scleroderma fuscum (Corda) E. Fisch., Nat. Pflanzenfam. (Leipzig) 1**(1): 336 (1900)
Scleroderma verrucosum var. bovista (Fr.) Šebek, Fl. ČSR B-1, Gasteromycetes: 570 (1958)

Habitat: On sandy or well drained soil, often along roadsides. Frequently with Tilia spp.

Notes: Occasional but widespread. Previously regarded as a variety of Scleroderma verrucosum, but the presence of clamp connections and a reticulate spore ornament indicates no such relationship.

Distribution: E: o, S: o, W: o, NI: o, ROI: o, Other: Channel Islands: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 78625; Scotland: K(M) 58785; Wales: K(M) 81177; ROI: K(M) 9261

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 386, pl. 505 ( ? )
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. 24-25, pl. Figs 6/7

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