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puffball mushroom

Lycoperdon umbrinum

Photo by bowhunter187
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

brown about the size of a baseball puffs out a brown cloud of spores when stepped on

Habitat:

field outside of the woods dry rocky soil

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PublishedJuly 10, 2011

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