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Lycoperdon perlatum
These ones about 40mm.
In grasses on very sandy soil
Also called common puffball, warted puffball, gem-studded puffball or devil's snuff-box.
Spotted on May 21, 2012
Submitted on May 23, 2012
8 Comments
Incredible!
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/113...
Here is mine. It looked better before editing. it was a pure white. In a vegetable patch along with another one 2 ft away. This mushroom did not have a stalk.
..thanks CRE. I think I liked the geometry. It reminded me of a maths class seesion on circles.
@Emma ..also, to make things worse with fungii, probably 98% of species just don't have a common name.. so I prefer this consistent approach. Have you uploaded yours? I'd love to see it.
Well Emma therein lies the problem with common names. There are probably at least 1000 species around the world that get called puffball rendering the common name useless if not a total ambiguation. This is especially true with fungii. For this reason if there are common names I always try to list them in the notes (as per the 4 above). A search under organisms still reveals the spotting. I prefer to see the accurate scientific name when reviewing my collection so that I get to remember it.
Argy,wouldn't the common name for this be Puffball?
I found one . It is not stalked. I am looking at your spotting to see if I can ID mine.
Thanks Leanne .
Perfectly beautiful.