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Scleroderma areolatum
Some sort of puffball fungus, one whole, the other after having ejected its spores
Mixed woodland
Is it Lycoperdon pyriforme? (http://www.first-nature.com/fungi/lycope...) Or perhaps more likely Scleroderma citrinum Pers. - Common Earthball (http://www.first-nature.com/fungi/sclero...) Links to wikipedia added (one permanent, i.e. as of today, the other current whenever it is accessed)