 Some authors have considered them synonymous, but Guzmán's 1970 study of the type showed that "S. texense" is distinct.It typically has an exoperidium that is more yellowish or orangish, with thick, folded scales in maturity.Fruit bodies of "Scleroderma polyrhizum" grow singly, scattered, or in clusters, usually on hard clay or sandy soil, gravel, in lawns, or bare soil.