Lycoperdon pulcherrimum | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Agaricaceae |
Genus: | Lycoperdon |
Species: | L. pulcherrimum
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Binomial name | |
Lycoperdon pulcherrimum
Berk. &
M.A.Curtis (1873)
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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 is edible or inedible |
Lycoperdon pulcherrimum, commonly known as the long-spined puffball, [1] 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. [2] The fungus is found in the southern United States. [3]