. . . "Scleroderma verrucosum is a basidiomycete fungus and a member of the genus Scleroderma, or \"earth balls\". First described scientifically in 1791, the species has a cosmopolitan distribution, and grows in the ground in nutrient-rich, sandy soils."@en . . . . . "Lycoperdon verrucosum (Bull. (1791)" . .