Lycoperdon pulcherrimum
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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Lycoperdon pulcherrimum Berk. & M.A.Curtis (1873) | |
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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 |
References
- Berkeley MJ. (1873). "Notices of North American fungi". Grevillea. 2 (16): 49–53.
- Miller HR, Miller OK Jr. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, Connecticut: Falcon Guides. p. 454. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
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