Where’s Wildlife · Mushroom Field Guide
Lycoperdon cf. pulcherrimum
Likely identification. This entry is excluded from quiz questions.
White, rounded puffball covered in long clustered spines.
Spiny Puffball. Select the photo to browse the gallery. Photographs © Where’s Wildlife.
LIKELY IDENTIFICATION
Fruiting varies with local weather and habitat.
White, rounded puffball covered in long clustered spines
Spines appear joined at their tips
Growing on woodland soil near leaf litter
Compare form, texture and growing surfaces in the photographs below.
These three views suggest Lycoperdon pulcherrimum. The label remains tentative because size, mature surface and microscopic features were not recorded. Excluded from quiz questions.
Similar puffballs include L. americanum and Vascellum curtisii. Check size and whether shed spines leave a smooth surface or a pitted network.
Woodlands. Summer and fall.
Decomposes organic matter.
Spines appear joined at their tips
Growing on woodland soil near leaf litter
These three views suggest Lycoperdon pulcherrimum. The label remains tentative because size, mature surface and microscopic features were not recorded. Excluded from quiz questions.
The exact locality of these uploads has not yet been recorded.
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Photographs © Where’s Wildlife.
Identification notes & comments
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