Common Puffball
Lycoperdon perlatum
Identification of Common Puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum)
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Hauptmerkmale
- Pear-shaped fruiting body with distinct sterile base
- Surface covered in prominent
- conical
- detachable white spines
- Spines leave a net-like pattern when rubbed off
- White when young
- maturing to light brown/tan
- Grows terrestrially among leaf litter and debris
Farbe:
White to light tan/brown
Geruch:
No distinctive smell
Wuchsform:
Clustered
Umgebung:
Leaf litter
Lebensraum & Verbreitung
Lebensraum:
Mixed or deciduous forest floor
Verbreitung:
Cosmopolitan (Widespread globally)
Saisonalität:
Summer through Autumn
Zur sicheren Bestimmung
- Internal context (gleba) is not visible, preventing confirmation that it is not a deadly Amanita button
Wirtschaftlicher Wert
Marktnachfrage:
Low - occasionally collected by foragers
Preisspanne:
N/A
Kommerzielle Nutzung:
None
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Earthball
Scleroderma citrinum
Hauptunterschiede:
- Thick, tough outer skin (peridium)
- Interior context is dark purple or black, never white, even when young
- Surface is smoother or cracked, lacking prominent detachable spines
Destroying Angel (Button Stage)
Amanita virosa
Hauptunterschiede:
- Slicing reveals internal structure (gills and cap outline)
- Often has a volva (sac) at the base, sometimes buried
Empfohlene Handlung
Do not consume. To confirm safety and rule out deadly lookalikes, the specimen must be sliced vertically. If the interior is anything other than solid, pure white, discard immediately.