collapsed head of a puffball

Description:

A puffball is a member of any of several groups of fungus in the division Basidiomycota. The puffballs were previously treated as a taxonomic group called the Gasteromycetes or Gasteromycetidae, but they are now known to be a polyphyletic assemblage. The distinguishing feature of all puffballs is that they do not have an open cap with spore-bearing

Habitat:

Lycoperdaceae is a family of approximately 150 fungi now known to lie in the Agaricales. Historically they were placed in their own order Lycoperdales. Members of the Lycoperdaceae family are known as the true puffballs. Unlike other types of fungi that hold spores in gills or teeth, puffballs contain the spores inside a layer of tougher outer skin. When a puffball reaches maturity, the tough skin will split open, allowing the billions of spores to be released

Notes:

i thnk it is the same species as this spotting ( http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/767... ), i had found them in the same forest, some 200-400 meter further away. This time it resembles more a puffball than before. But because of this spotting, i feel more certain about the id of the othern spot.