Yellow Earthballs in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
Photo Credits: Amelia Lim
Scientific Name: Scleroderma sinnamariense
Common Name: Yellow Earthball, Egg yolk puff
Tough puffballs with greyish-black interiors are sometimes called earthballs to differentiate them from softer puffballs. Distributed throughout the world, various species are used as ectomycorrhizal species to promote growth of tree seedlings.
Mature Yellow Earthball in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
The peridium (outer wall), which may be smooth or warted, is very thick and tough. At maturity it splits irregularly over the upper part to reveal the dark gleba underneath.
Earthballs are not known to be edible.
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