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 Scleroderma bovista
BiostatusPresent in region - Exotic
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Caption: Scleroderma bovista
Owner: R.E. Beever | 
Caption: REB 1312
Owner: Ross Beever | 
Caption: fruitbody
Owner: J.A. Cooper |
Article: Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005). Fungi on trees and shrubs in New Zealand. Fungi of New Zealand. Ngā Harore o Aotearoa 4: xi + 437 p. Hong Kong: Fungal Diversity Press.
Description: Type: Mycorrhizal Fungi; Description: Basidiomata subepigeous to epigeous, depressed globose, yellow, yellowish brown, cinnamon brown or pinkish red, covered with granules, up to 40 mm in diameter, with numerous rhizomorphs; peridium composed of a single layer, yellowish to reddish in section, dehiscing by irregular rupture of the apical portion. Gleba at first violaceous, becoming cinnamon brown; tramal plates yellow, often persistent. Basidiospores globose, 0-septate, 10–16 μm in diameter, strongly reticulated, cinnamon brown.
Distribution: Distribution: Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Taupo, Wanganui, Wellington, Gisborne.; 1st Record: Birch (1937).
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