Puffball

Puffball
Lycoperdon umbrinum, commonly known as the umber-brown puffball
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota

A puffball is the common name for several groups of fungi in the division Basidiomycota. Puffballs include the genera of Calvatia, Calbovista and Lycoperdon.

All false puffballs are inedible, as they are tough and bitter to taste. The genus Scleroderma, which has a young purple gleba, should be avoided.

References

  1. ↑ Freedman, Louise; Mycological Society of San Francisco (2000) [1987]. "Wild About Mushrooms:Puffballs". Retrieved 2012-09-18.
  2. ↑ Miller, Orson K. (1977). Mushrooms of North America. New York, NY: E.P. Dutton Publisher. p. 298. ISBN 0-525-47482-X.