scleroderma : Idioms & Phrases


genus scleroderma

  • noun genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies: false truffles
    Scleroderma.
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scleroderma aurantium

  • noun an earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior; the peridium is covered with a pattern of small warts
    Scleroderma aurantium.
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scleroderma bovista

  • noun an earthball with a peridium that is firm dry and smooth when young but developing cracks when mature; pale orange-yellow when young and reddish brown at maturity
    smooth earthball.
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scleroderma citrinum

  • noun an earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior; the peridium is covered with a pattern of small warts
    Scleroderma aurantium.
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scleroderma flavidium

  • noun an earthball with a smooth upper surface that is at first buried in sand; the top of the fruiting body opens up to form segments like the ray of an umbel
    star earthball.
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