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Common Earthball Scleroderma citrinum

This fungus is typically has a deep yellow colouration and grows on the ground commonly throughout Norfolk, usually in woods in leaf litter or on mossy soil.

Conservation status

Not threatened.

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Common earthballs are occasionally attacked by the parasitic bolete Pseudoboletus parasiticus which appears on, or adjacent to the earthball.

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