Family: Sclerodermataceae |
Fungi:> Basidiomycota:> Agaricomycetes:> Boletales:> Sclerodermataceae:> Pisolithus, Scleroderma. |
These fungi are commonly known as Earth-balls which have a yellow to brown thick tough peridium (outer lay). Which in closes a powdery gleba without capillitium which is purple when immature with sculptured spores. |
Genus: Scleroderma |
![]() Scleroderma radicans |
![]() Scleroderma flavidum f. macrospora |
![]() Scleroderma verrucosum |
![]() Scleroderma sp. |
Genus: Pisolithus |
This ectomycorrhizal fungus that forms an assositation with tea tree is the only species found in New Zealand. |
![]() Pisolithus thermaeus |
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