Scleroderma sp. under Carob tree

Hello everyone, I found this beautiful population of earthballs (Scleroderma sp.) and studied it for Identification. The peridium had a nice pattern of dark brownish patterns (referred as leopard skin) on a cream/light yellow background, later becoming beige, and on cross section it was egg-shell thin (less then 1mm). Basically, we are in the S. verrucosum / S. areolatum area, and since the spores were between 7.5 and 9.0 um (Average 8.23 um) with numerous straight to curved spines about 1um long, I think it can be identified as S. verrucosum