TEST
Fungi
Puffballs & the like
Fruitbody thick walled, splitting from the top
Sighting 3377405

Scleroderma sp.

Scleroderma at Point 4526

Scleroderma sp. at Point 4526 - 28 May 2017
Scleroderma sp. at Point 4526 - 28 May 2017
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Identification history

Scleroderma sp. 30 May 2017 Heino
Scleroderma sp. 30 May 2017 Heino
Unidentified 29 May 2017 forgebbaboudit

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Some sort of puffball, I think, but it didn't expel a cloud of spores when opened, so possibly not, or possibly juvenile.

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Grevillea alpina (Mountain Grevillea / Cat's Claws Grevillea) at Holt, ACT - 1 Oct 2020 by AlisonMilton
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Aglaotilla sp. (genus) (Australian Velvet Ant) at Dunlop, ACT - 25 Aug 2019 by CathB
Phryganoporus candidus (Foliage-webbing social spider) at Dunlop, ACT - 8 Mar 2019 by CathB
Eucharitidae (family) (Unidentified ant-parasite wasp) at Dunlop, ACT - 8 Mar 2019 by CathB
Coryphistes ruricola (Bark-mimicking Grasshopper) at Dunlop, ACT - 25 Dec 2018 by CathB
Mirbelia oxylobioides (Mountain Mirbelia) at Dunlop, ACT - 22 Dec 2018 by CathB
Neolucia agricola (Fringed Heath-blue) at Dunlop, ACT - 22 Dec 2018 by CathB
Tyrtaeosus sp. (genus) (Weevil) at Dunlop, ACT - 22 Dec 2018 by CathB
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Pyronema sp. (A fire fungus) at Point 4526 - 28 May 2017 by forgebbaboudit
Postia pelliculosa (A wood-rotting bracket fungus) at Point 4526 - 28 May 2017 by forgebbaboudit
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Location information

Sighting information

  • 16 - 100 Abundance
  • 28 May 2017 02:53 PM Recorded on
  • forgebbaboudit Recorded by

Species information

  • Scleroderma sp. Scientific name
  • Scleroderma Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 909.95m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
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