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 Scleroderma verrucosum
SynonymsLycoperdon verrucosum
BiostatusPresent in region - Indigenous. Non endemic
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Owner: J.A. Cooper | 
Owner: J.A. Cooper | 
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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, ochraceous to cinnamon brown, occasionally tinted purple, covered in deciduous cinnamon brown warts, up to 40 mm in diameter, with a short rooting base attached to the substratum by rhizomorphs; peridium composed of a single layer, fragile, ochraceous in section, dehiscing by a small, irregular pore. Gleba olivaceous at first, becoming cinnamon brown; tramal plates few, white, becoming grey. Basidiospores globose, 0-septate, 9–12 μm in diameter, densely and coarsely echinulate, pale smoky grey.
Distribution: Distribution: Coromandel, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taupo, Gisborne, Nelson.; 1st Record: Chu-Chou (1979).
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