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Clathrus archeri (Berk.) Dring, Kew Bull. 35: 29 (1980) Aseroe rubra sensu auct.
Lysurus archeri Berk., in Hooker, Bot. Antarct. Voy. III, Fl. Tasman. 2(9): 264 (1860) [1859]
Anthurus archeri (Berk.) E. Fisch., Lich. Mexique 4: 81 (1886)
Habitat: On garden soil, especially where mixed with decayed woodchips (as on flowerbeds), but also occasionally in parkland or deciduous woodland.
Notes: An introduction, currently scarce but apparently spreading in southern and south-western England (reported from Bedfordshire to West Cornwall), probably with the increased use of woodchip mulch in gardens. Native to Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania.
Distribution: E: !
Vouchers: England: K(M) 58867
Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), as Anthurus archeri, p. 398, pl. 523
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), as Anthurus archeri, p. 175
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. 182-183, pl. Figs 145/146
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