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Ileodictyon cibarium Tul., Annls Sci. Nat. Bot., sér. 3 2: 114 (1844) Clathrus cibarius (Tul.) E. Fisch., Lich. Mexique 4: 74 (1886)
Habitat: On disturbed soil, usually in gardens, but also (rarely) in clearings in deciduous woodland. Usually fruiting in the winter.
Notes: Presumably an alien, native in Australia and New Zealand, established in a few scattered localities in southern England, from where first reported in 1955. Known from East Suffolk, Middlesex and Surrey.
Distribution: E: !
Vouchers: England: K(M) 60207
Descriptions, Lists & Icons: 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. 190-191, pl. Figs 153/154
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