Pisolithus arhizus
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Pisolithus arhizus (Scop.) Rauschert (1959)
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Pisolithus arhizus [1] is a widespread earth-ball like fungus, which may in fact be several closely related species. Common names include dead man's foot and dyeball.[2] It is known in Australia as the horse dung fungus, in South Africa as perdebal, and in Europe as the Bohemian truffle. This puffball's black viscous gel is used as a natural dye for clothes.[3] Pisolithus arhizus is a major component in mycorrhizal fungus mixtures that are used in gardening as powerful root stimulators.[4] It is inedible.[5]
The fruiting body is 5–30 cm tall and 4–20 cm wide, with a thin yellow-brown to brown exterior layer.[6] The spores are brown.[6]
Dictyocephalos attenuatus is similar.[6]
References
- ^ "Pisolithus arhizus (Scop.) Rauschert". Index Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
- ^ Wood, Michael; Stevens, Fred. "California Fungi: Pisolithus arhizus". MycoWeb.com. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
- ^ Roberts P, Evans S. (2011). The Book of Fungi. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. p. 525. ISBN 978-0-226-72117-0.
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: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) - ^ Kuo M, Methven A. (2010). 100 Cool Mushrooms. University of Michigan Press. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-472-03417-8.
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: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) - ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 335. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ^ a b c Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 374–375. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.
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