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Scleroderma areolatum

Ehrenb.

Small Potato

GNRUnranked Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.946916

Element CodeNFBOL08010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

KingdomFungi

PhylumBasidiomycota

ClassBasidiomycetes

OrderBoletales

FamilyIncertae sedis (Order: Boletales)

GenusScleroderma

Concept Reference

Phillips, R. 1991. Mushrooms of North America. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. 319 pp.

Taxonomic Comments

Mycobank (2025) include Scleroderma lycoperdoides in Scleroderma areolatum, while Species Fungorum (2025) treat them as distinct.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN4

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Indiana	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (2)

Arizona (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Middle Dragoon Roadless	Coronado National Forest	10,543

California (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Raymond Peak	Eldorado National Forest	2,518

References (4)

Index Fungorum and Species Fungorum. 2018. <i>In</i> Index Fungorum-Species Fungorum (<a href="https://indexfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://indexfungorum.org</a> and <a href="https://speciesfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://speciesfungorum.org</a>) database export on 16 June 2018. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Index Fungorum and Species Fungorum. 2025. <i>In</i> Index Fungorum-Species Fungorum (<a href="https://indexfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://indexfungorum.org</a> and <a href="https://speciesfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://speciesfungorum.org</a>) database export on 29 September 2025. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Phillips, R. 1991. Mushrooms of North America. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. 319 pp.
Species Fungorum. Species Fungorum Partnership (CABI, IT IS, Catalogue of Life). http://www.speciesfungorum.org. (accessed 2015)