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Common puffball

Lycoperdon perlatum

Photo by The MnMs
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Description:

Is a moderate-sized puffball mushroom with a round fruiting body tapering to a wide stalk. It is off-white with a top covered in short spiny bumps or 'jewels'.

When mature they become brown and a hole in the top opens to release spores in a burst when the body is compressed by raindrops, a touch, falling nuts, etc.

Habitat:

Woods. Found in the bark of a tree.

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