Puffball
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Puffballs are a type of fungus featuring a ball-shaped fruiting body that, when mature, bursts on contact or impact, releasing a cloud of dust-like spores into the surrounding area. Puffballs belong t
Lycoperdon perlatum
Calbovista subsculpta
Calvatia cyathiformis
Cloud of spores poofs out of a puffball fungus
Lycoperdon perlatum
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Lycoperdon perlatum, popularly known as the common puffball, warted puffball, gem-studded puffball or devil's snuff-box, is a species of puffball fungus in the family Agaricaceae. It is a medium-sized
Puffball
…sculpta Calvatia subcretacea (Handkea subcretacea) Basidiomycetes: Agaricales: Lycoperdaceae: Lycoperdon Lycoperdon foetidum (Lycoperdon nigrescens) Lycoperdon perlatum Lycoperdon pulcherrimum Lycoperdon pusillum Lycoperdon pyriforme Basidiomycetes: Agaricales: Lycoperdaceae: Vascellum Vascellum curtisii Vascellum…
Single lycoperdon perlatum
A cluster of fruit bodies
The spiny exoperidium
Closeup of the ostiole (with pockmarks left behind from missing spines)