Vulgar Scléroderme

The vulgar scléroderme ( Scleroderma citrinum ), also called scléroderme common , scléroderme lemon-yellow or scléroderme orange , is a Champignon Basidiomycète of Sclérodermatacée S.

It is presented in the form of a bag which ends up cracking to release the Spore S that it contains.

Description

Carpophore more or less globulous , flattened a little (potato aspect) from 2 to 10 cm in diameter, attache to very the ground by a tuft of mycelial cords radicant.
Peridium thick from 1 to 3 mm, cream, yellowish outside and cracked irregular polyhedric warts, browning.
Gléba dense, grisâtre then black marked clear veins, pulverulent at the end. dark Sporée brown. very characteristic Odor that one finds at other species, such as the Bolet mottled.

Ecology

The scléroderme comes at the end of the summer and in autumn on acid grounds, in the wood of leafy trees or wet conifers.

He is sometimes the host of the Bolet parasitizes ( Pseudoboletus parasiticus )

Edibility

Although the aspect and the consistency of its gléba can make it pass for truffle, the vulgar scléroderme has not only bad taste but would be toxic.

Close species and possible confusions

The beginners will be able to confuse the sclérodermes with vesses-of-wolf which have sometimes the same globulous aspect and the same mode of dissemination of the spores. The scléroderme, young person, are much firmer and does not leave also quickly in " fumée" that the puffballs .

Closer, there exist several other species of sclérodermes, smaller size and with the less marked scales, like Scleroderma verrucosum .

Sources

In particular:

Mushrooms of North and the South , Andre Marchand, volume IV/IX, Hatchet 1976, ISBN 84-399-4768-2
Large Encyclopedic Guide of the Mushrooms , Jean-Louis Lamaison and Jean-Marie Polese, Artemis 1998, ISBN 2-84416-005-0

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