Scleroderma areolatum Ehrenb. |
The fruiting body is irregularly globular, tough, cracked, with small regular flat scales on a pale background resembling panther skin, the skin being less than 1mm thick, yellow brownish then ochre, with a very short stem (1-2 cm long), formed by the assembly of mycelial strands. The flesh is purplish-black, turning later to powder; its taste is mild; the odour is unpleasant, of rubber or metal. The fertile surface is internal: the spores are released as dust when mature. The spore print is dark brown.It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved and coniferous woods, on bare ground in damps areas. The fruiting period takes place from July to December.
Distinctive features : globular shape spotted with dark brown scales like a panther's skin, then looking like a netted pattern once the scales fall off ; thin outer shell (less then 1mm); short pseudo-stem constituted by mycelial strands; faint odour Scleroderma areolatum is quite rare and widely present in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking . | ||
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