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Pear-Shaped Puffball

Morganella pyriformis

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Field Notes

Description:

some kind of puffball, about an inch or so across

Habitat:

on a living deciduous tree in riparian woods at Kyker Bottoms Wildlife Refuge

Notes:

There were three other kinds of mushrooms growing on the same tree.

Reference Links:

Morganella pyriformis (MushroomExpert.Com)

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
sarah in the woods
Thanks for ID help chesterbperry and Parker V. Too large to be Lycogala epidendrum. Lycoperdon pyriforme looks like a match but the species has been moved to the genus Morganella.
Parker V
compare to Lycoperdon pyriforme
sarah in the woods
No. I think I'm going to become a much better observer because of your questions! :)
chesterbperry
Kind of looks like Lycogala epidendrum, did you poke one?

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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedOctober 17, 2013

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