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puffball mushroom

Lycoperdon umbrinum

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43.5812, -70.7006

Field Notes

Description:

Puff mushroom

my mushroom features
colors: Is green mixed with gray,same as the cap.
stalk: There is no stalk on my mushroom.
Location: On the ground near a bush and ditch.
There is no gills on my plant.
Spore print:is green/yellow.

Habitat:

the area is dirt/grassy area it is next to a bush covered with leaves.It is about 2-3 meters form the road, then 1-2 meters from the wood line.

Notes:

Puffball mushroom

my mushroom features
colors: Is green mixed with gray,same as the cap.
stalk: There is no stalk on my mushroom.
Location: On the ground near a bush and ditch.
There is no gills on my plant.
Spore print:is green/yellow.

Field notes

the weather was warm, there was little wind and about 45% in humidity. We went down the school road and we found the mushroom in between the ditch and road. the location was where the buses leave in the after noon. My mushroom
kingdom:fungi
division: basidiomycetes
class:basidiomycetes
order:gilled
family:lycoperdaceae
genus:stinkhorns
species:calavatia gigantea

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PublishedDecember 22, 2011

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