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Umber brown Puffball Fungus

Lycoperdon umbrinum

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

a little smaller than a golfball, firm, no stem

Habitat:

temperate forest, found growing in leaf litter

Notes:

I spotted this in Algonquin. It was the only one like this that I saw in 4 days.

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Lycoperdon umbrinum

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Comments (5)
Dan Doucette
Nick, do you think it might be this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scleroderma_citrinum

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PublishedJuly 19, 2011

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