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Horse Dung Fungus

Pisolithus tinctorius

Description:

These fungus look like earth balls. A little smaller than a tennis ball.

Habitat:

Oak and pine forest


1 species ID suggestions

Horse Dung Fungus
Pisolithus tinctorius Pisolithus tinctorius

3 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 9 months ago

Thank you again CorduneanuVlad for the ID and the link.
I will be up loading several fungus inthe next days, if you don't mind would you please look at them for an ID. Thank you.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 9 months ago

Thank you namithahelen for the ID tip.

namitha
namitha 9 months ago

I think its a puffball fungi but I am not sure which species it belong to.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffball

San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Lat: 22.17, Long: -100.55

Spotted on Aug 19, 2012
Submitted on Aug 21, 2012

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