Lycoperdon perlatum, popularly known as the common puffball, warted puffball, gem-studded puffball or devil's snuff-box, is a species of puffball fungus in the family Agaricaceae. It is a medium-sized puffball with a round fruit body tapering to a wide stalk, off-white with a top covered in short spiny bumps or jewels that are easily rubbed off to leave a netlike pattern on the surface; when mature it becomes brown and a hole opens at the top to release spores in a burst when the body is compressed by touch or falling raindrops. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, growing in fields, gardens and grassy clearings, and is edible when young while the internal flesh is completely white, though care must be taken to avoid confusion with immature fruit bodies of poisonous Amanita species.
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Classification
DietDetritivore or Scavenger 2 System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleEaten or Drunk by People 1 Living or Extinct Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceMedium-sized puffball with a round fruit body tapering to a wide stalk, top covered in short spiny bumps that rub off to leave a netlike pattern 1 Comparison
NatureServe Rank Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Wikidata: Common Puffball
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Lycoperdon perlatum
Introduction
It is off-white with a top covered in short spiny bumps or "jewels", which are easily rubbed off to leave a netlike pattern on the surface.
- infobox status=LC
Article text
A saprobic species, Lycoperdon perlatum grows solitarily, scattered, or in groups or clusters on the ground.
Edible use
It is edible when young and the internal flesh is completely white, although care must be taken to avoid confusion with immature fruit bodies of poisonous Amanita species.
View the Source2. First Nature: Lycoperdon perlatum fungus page
First NatureEcological roleQuote, Ecological role
Common puffballs are saprotrophic and occur in all kinds of woodland, where they grow on the ground in leaf litter; also, less commonly, in permanent pasture and on sheep-cropped stable sand dunes.
View the Source 3. GBIF Species API
4. Wikidata: Common Puffball
Wikidata- Wikidata Q545130, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Wikidata Q545130 (P225 taxon name)
- Child Taxon Of: Agaricales, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source 5. NatureServe Explorer: Lycoperdon perlatum
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "GNR"
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