Lycoperdon pulcherrimum
Lycoperdon pulcherrimum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Agaricaceae |
Genus: | Lycoperdon |
Species: | L. pulcherrimum |
Binomial name | |
Lycoperdon pulcherrimum Berk. & M.A.Curtis (1873) | |
Lycoperdon pulcherrimum | |
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glebal hymenium | |
no distinct cap | |
hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable | |
lacks a stipe | |
spore print is olive | |
ecology is saprotrophic | |
edibility: edible |
Lycoperdon pulcherrimum is a type of puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon. It was first described scientifically in 1873 by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis.[1] The fungus is found in the southern United States.[2]
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