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common puffball
lycoperdon perlatum
40.54, -3.68737
Field Notes
Description:
Very widespread species.
Moderate-sized puffball with a round fruit body tapering to a wide stalk, and dimensions of 1.5 to 6 cm wide by 3 to 7 cm tall. It is off-white with a top covered in short spiny bumps or 'jewels', which are easily rubbed off. 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.
The puffball is edible when young and the internal flesh is completely white. Laboratory tests indicate that extracts of the puffball have antimicrobial and antifungal activities.
Habitat:
It grows in fields, gardens, and along roadsides, as well as in grassy clearings in woods.
This ones I found them on the sides of a pedestrian path in a pine-tree forest
Notes:
Spanish name: cuesco de lobo
Camera Model: NIKON D300
Exposure Time: 1/40 sec.
ISO 1 EV below 200
Focal Length: 90.0 mm
Objective lens: Tamron SP 90 AF f/2.8 72E.
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