Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Michigan Earthball being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Scleroderma bovista
- Scleroderma verrucosum
- Scleroderma areolatum — considered toxic
- Scleroderma cepa — considered toxic
- Scleroderma macrosporum
- Scleroderma citrinum — toxic
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Boletales
- Family
- Sclerodermataceae
- Genus
- Scleroderma
- Species
- Scleroderma michiganense
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