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Definition of Scleroderma bovista
1. 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.
Group relationships: Genus Scleroderma, Scleroderma
Generic synonyms: Earthball, False Truffle, Hard-skinned Puffball, Puffball
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scleroderma Bovista
Literary usage of Scleroderma bovista
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1881)
"that it is regularly sold as an article of food in the Indian bazaars. The same
pasture is often dotted with another puff-ball. Scleroderma bovista, Fr. ..."
2. Bulletin de la Société royale de botanique de Belgique (1906)
"... et qui est une reproduction de la troisième figure coloriée, on peut hésiter
entre Scleroderma bovista Pries et Scleroderma verrucosum (Vaill. ..."
3. Bulletins de la Société royale de botanique de Belgique by Société royale de botanique de Belgique (1907)
"... et qui est une reproduction de la troisième figure coloriée, on peut hésiter
entre Scleroderma bovista Pries et Scleroderma verrucosum (Vaill. ..."
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