Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Pear-Shaped Puffball

lycoperdon pyriforme

Description:

The name "Lycoperdon" = "Wolf-fart". Well, they are puffballs, after all, but I'm not sure how wolves came to be involved.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

2 Comments

KristalWatrous
KristalWatrous 12 years ago

Wolf fart? Thanks for the morning giggle. :)

windmustache
windmustache 12 years ago

Oh, these are look like eggs!

whirl_up_sea
Spotted by
whirl_up_sea

Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada

Spotted on Sep 17, 2011
Submitted on Sep 24, 2011

Related Spottings

Lycoperdon perlatum Puffball Lycoperdon Common Puffball (Devil's Snuffbox )

Nearby Spottings

Sea-and-Sky Pansy Buds Wild Strawberry Eastern Chipmunk Blue Bead Lily
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team