Summary description from Wikipedia:

Scleroderma polyrhizum in languages:

Chinese

多根硬皮馬勃

Dutch

Aardsterachtige Aardappelbovist

English

Many-rooted Earthball

English

Dead Man's Hand

English

Earthstar Scleroderma

French

Scléroderme en forme d'étoile

Japanese

ツチグリカタカワタケ

Lithuanian

Žvaigždinė ankštenė

Russian

Ложнодождевик звёздчатый

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Parent Taxon

• Scleroderma

Sibling Taxa

• Scleroderma bermudense
• Scleroderma geaster
• Scleroderma guzmanii
• Scleroderma polyrhizum
• Scleroderma texense
• Scleroderma yunnanense

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