Pisolithus marmoratus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Boletales |
Family: | Sclerodermataceae |
Genus: | Pisolithus |
Species: | P. marmoratus
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Binomial name | |
Pisolithus marmoratus Engler & Prantl, Nat.Pflanzenfam. I(1):338 (1900)
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Appears as a roughly spherical fruiting-body mottled with shades of black, brown and gold and with a rough surface texture. Like other Pisolithus species it is sometimes described as resembling horse dung.[2]
P. marmoratus has been sighted across the world in association with plants in the Myrtaceae family. It is native to Australia.[3][4][5]