Name: Sclerodermaceae.
Clades:
BoletalesEnglish: Hard-skinned puffballs; Earthballs; Earthstars.
Region: temperate and tropical regions.
Mycology: little resemble boletes.Boletinellaceae
Cap: small pores on the underside
Boletinellaceae: Boletinellus, Phlebopus, Pseudogyrodon.
Phlebopus: Australia, Sri Lanka.
Phlebopus marginatus: cap gigantic, up to 1 m in diameter.
CalostomataceaeMycology: ectomycorrhizal.
Genus: Calostoma, Prettymouth.
PisolithaceaeMycology: ectomycorrhizal.
Genus: Pisolithus
Species:
Pisolithus tinctorius, dye fungus.
GyroporaceaeGenus: Gyroporus.
SclerodermataceaeMycology: ectomycorrhizal.
Genera: Chlorogaster, Corditubera, Durosaccum, Endacinus, Favillea, Horakiella, Scleroderma, Veligaster
DiplocystaceaeSynonym: Diplocystidaceae; Diplocystidiaceae.
Genera: Astraeus, Diplocystis, Endogonopsis, Tremellogaster.
TaxonomySclerodermatineae
Familiae: Boletinellaceae, Calostomataceae, Diplocystaceae,Gyroporaceae, Pisolithaceae,
Sclerodermataceae.