Scleroderma areolatum
Scleroderma areolatum is a basidiomycete fungus and a member of the genus Scleroderma, or "earth balls".
Description
They are usually in diameter, and grow individually or in small groups.Like most members of Scleroderma, S. areolatum resembles but is only distantly related to the giant puffball. It can be distinguished from the giant puffball by cutting it in half; the puffball will have a solid, denser middle, with no signs of a developing cap mushroom.