Common Puffball
Lycoperdon perlatum
Identification of Common Puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum)
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Kluczowe cechy
- 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
Kolor:
White to light tan/brown
Zapach:
No distinctive smell
Wzór wzrostu:
Clustered
Środowisko:
Leaf litter
Siedlisko i występowanie
Siedlisko:
Mixed or deciduous forest floor
Występowanie:
Cosmopolitan (Widespread globally)
Sezonowość:
Summer through Autumn
Kluczowe cechy do potwierdzenia
- Internal context (gleba) is not visible, preventing confirmation that it is not a deadly Amanita button
Wartość ekonomiczna
Popyt rynkowy:
Low - occasionally collected by foragers
Zakres cenowy:
N/A
Użytek komercyjny:
None
Podobne gatunki
Earthball
Scleroderma citrinum
Kluczowe różnice:
- 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
Kluczowe różnice:
- Slicing reveals internal structure (gills and cap outline)
- Often has a volva (sac) at the base, sometimes buried
Zalecane działanie
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.