Scleroderma bovista Fr. 1829

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Name scientific

Scleroderma bovista Fr. 1829

Preferred name

Scleroderma bovista Fr. 1829

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Exotic

Present

New Zealand

Political Region

Anon

Cunningham 1944

Nomenclature

Original authors

Fr.

Authors

Fr.

Publication place

Fries, E.M. 1829: Systema Mycologicum. 3(1). Moritz. 259 p.

Year published

1829

Publication page

Sanctioning author

Fr.

Sanctioning reference

Fries, E.M. 1829: Systema Mycologicum. 3(1). Moritz. 259 p.

Sanctioning page(s)

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Scleroderma bovista Fr. 1829

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Scleroderma bovista

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Class

Agaricomycetes

Order

Boletales

Family

Sclerodermataceae

Genus

Scleroderma

Species

bovista

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Potato Earthball

Associations

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Associated organism

Association source

has mycorrhizal host

Salix fragilis L.

Bogar, Laura M.; Dickie, Ian A.; Kennedy, Peter G. (2015)

has mycorrhizal host

Eucalyptus

Chu-Chou, M.; Grace, L.J. (1983)

has host

Eucalyptus delegatensis R.T.Baker

Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005)

has host

Pinus radiata D.Don

Walbert, K.; Ramsfield, T.D.; Ridgway, H.J.; Jones, E.E. (2010)

has host

Betula pendula Roth

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Cedrus

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Corylus avellana L.

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Leptospermum scoparium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Pinus

PDD (2 records from [Not available].)

has host

Pinus radiata D.Don

PDD (2 records from [Not available].)

has host

Populus

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Pseudotsuga

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Quercus rubra L.

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Salix

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Salix babylonica L.

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Salix fragilis L.

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

Descriptions

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. 4. Fungal Diversity Press.

Scleroderma bovista Fr. 1829

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).

Notes

Pathogenicity

Significance: Experimentally shown to be a mycorrhizal partner of Pinus radiata (Birch 1937) and of Pseudotsuga menziesii (Chu-Chou & Grace 1983a).; Host(s): Eucalyptus regnans, Pinus radiata, Pseudotsuga menziesii.