Thank you once again Bill. The Wikipedia description states that gleba is initially white of which I am not certain. I had pressed open a smaller, more firm, specimen and the gleba was wet black. Also the gleba in the mature one was more inky grey than brown.
Could it perhaps be another Scleroderma species? Warm regards, Ashwini > On 13-Aug-2015, at 4:59 am, Bill Neill <[email protected]> wrote: > > This Wikipedia links states that it is quite cosmopolitan and reported from > India: > > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scleroderma_verrucosum > <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scleroderma_verrucosum> > > > On Aug 12, 2015, at 10:31 AM, Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> Thank you Bill. Will check the Scleroderma species recorded from here. >> >> Regards, >> Ashwini >> >>> On 12-Aug-2015, at 5:36 pm, Bill Neill <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Looks like Scleroderma verrucosum or something close to that on your >>> continent. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Aug 12, 2015, at 5:28 AM, 'J.M. Garg' [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> [NortheastMushrooms] >>> <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> Date: 7 August 2015 at 09:20 >>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:229236] Lycopedron sp.? ABAUG01/07 >>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> >>>> >>>> These puffballs (perhaps many species) are common here. These ones (about >>>> 3-4 at distances of 15-25 cm from each other) were growing at the base of >>>> a Quercus leucotrichophora. There was no visible stalk above ground. The >>>> inside was filled with the dark grey powder (gleba) in the mature one, and >>>> wet dark paste in the immature ones. An initial inquiry has suggested that >>>> it is eaten by locals but I am not yet sure. >>>> >>>> Is it a Lycopedron species? 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