Umber-brown puffball facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Lycoperdon umbrinum |
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Lycoperdon umbrinum, found in Gala (Norway) in late August. | |
Scientific classification | |
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Agaricales
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Agaricaceae
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Genus: |
Lycoperdon
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L. umbrinum
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Lycoperdon umbrinum Pers. (1801)
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Lycoperdon umbrinum | |
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Mycological characteristics | |
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 umbrinum, better known as the umber-brown puffball, is a species of puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon. The species is found in China, Europe, and North America.
Description
The L. umbrinum has a fruiting body, which is shaped like the top of a pear, with a short, slightly buried stipe. It is 2 to 5 cm (0.8 to 2.0 in) tall and 1 to 4 cm (0.4 to 1.6 in) broad. The fruiting body starts as pale, then goes reddish then to a blackish brown. The outer wall has slender, persistent spines, which are up to 1 mm long. The spores are roughly sspherical, and about 3.5–5.5 µm in diameter, with fine warts and a pedicel that is 0.5–15 µm long. It is uncommonly found, although most often found in coniferous woods on sandy soils.
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