Spiny Puffball

Vascellum curtisii

Description:

A beautiful puffball-like fungus which had spikes, and was a about the size of a quarter in diameter.

Habitat:

Moist field, near salt marsh.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Simone E. 11 years ago

Spiny puffball

Lycoperdon echinatum Lycoperdon echinatum

11 Comments

Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

Thank you very much Augusto and Argy! I do have a microscope, but I didn't think to look at the spores. I need some education on how to do so. I was also thinking L. pulcherrimum, but the spikes seem too elongated for that species.

Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

L. pulcherrimum maybe !?

Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

I think the first paragraph from Michael Kuo sums it up J - yours is single? do you have a microscope? :)

Augusto Patiño Ramirez 11 years ago

Serán de la misma especie?: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/197...

Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Thank you very much, Olivia!

Olivia Chee 11 years ago

Nice shot!

Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

ID change:
Vascellum curtisii seems to match my observations more clearly. What do you think Simone?
http://www.mushroomexpert.com/vascellum_...

Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Thanks for the ID Simone! I see Mark was correct! :)

Simone E. 11 years ago

I think this is the spiny puffball. The youngsters are white and later turn into brown.

Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Thanks Argy (sorry, still used to it (: ), though I have yet to find a pure white specimen. I heard the immature ones are pure white. Do the immature ones have a stem? This one did not.