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lycoperdon perlatum
Very widespread species. Moderate-sized puffball with a round fruit body tapering to a wide stalk, and dimensions of 1.5 to 6 cm wide by 3 to 7 cm tall. It is off-white with a top covered in short spiny bumps or 'jewels', which are easily rubbed off. When mature they become brown and a hole in the top opens to release spores in a burst when the body is compressed by raindrops, a touch, falling nuts, etc. The puffball is edible when young and the internal flesh is completely white. Laboratory tests indicate that extracts of the puffball have antimicrobial and antifungal activities.
It grows in fields, gardens, and along roadsides, as well as in grassy clearings in woods. This ones I found them on the sides of a pedestrian path in a pine-tree forest
Spanish name: cuesco de lobo Camera Model: NIKON D300 Exposure Time: 1/40 sec. ISO 1 EV below 200 Focal Length: 90.0 mm Objective lens: Tamron SP 90 AF f/2.8 72E.
Spotted on Dec 14, 2011
Submitted on Dec 14, 2011
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They are edible when young!!