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Field Notes

Description:

Papery skin - some species of puffball?

Habitat:

Old growth forest - Doug fir, cedar, thick undergrowth (ferns, huckleberry, devil's club), many nurse logs.

Species ID Suggestions

Stump Puffball

Lycoperdon pyriforme

Reference Link
WhitneyFish
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Comments (1)
Lipase
In the UK at least, the stump puffball, Lycoperdon pyriforme, is the only species of puffball that grows on wood according to the British Mycological Society website

Spotted for Missions

Mission
Mushroom Mapping
Mission
The Pacific Northwest Bioregion
Mission
Puget Sound Mushrooms
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 20, 2013

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