Sclerodermataceae

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Sclerodermataceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Sclerodermataceae
Genera

Astraeus
Calostoma
Favillea
Horakiella
Pisolithus
Scleroderma
Tremellogaster

The Sclerodermataceae is a family of fungi in the order Boletales, containing several genera of unusual fungi that little resemble boletes. The best known members include the Earthball Scleroderma citrinum, dye fungus Pisolithus tinctorius and the Prettymouths of the genus Calostoma.

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