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Common Puffballs

Lycoperdon perlatum

Photo by Leuba Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

Pear-shaped (upside down) puff balls about 35 mm across with brown warty cuticle. These were mature and partially collapsed. Greenish-brown spores were coming out of apical pores. The stem bases showed white mycelium.

Habitat:

Spotted growing along a track (perhaps from buried rotting wood), after rains.

Notes:

Order - Agaricales
Family - Agaricaceae

Reference Links:

Lycoperdon perlatum - Wikipedia

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Comments (4)
Leuba Ridgway
Again, as I have already stated, they have warts not scales.
EduHerNav
L. pyriforme doesn't have any scales... :/
Leuba Ridgway
Probably on buried wood as stated. This area was damp with washed-down dirt from the hills - the ground had heaps of wood & bark under dirt. It's a pity I didn't think to clear the base at the time.

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Mushroom Mapping
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Dandenong Ranges - fauna & flora

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PublishedApril 22, 2014

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