SclerodermaWordNet Explorer

genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies: false truffles

includes lichen genera

a family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium; includes earthballs

any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles

an earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior; the peridium is covered with a pattern of small warts

an earthball with a smooth upper surface that is at first buried in sand; the top of the fruiting body opens up to form segments like the ray of an umbel

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

an autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue; fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin