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Spiny Puffball

Lycoperdon echinatum

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 143, February 105, March 165, April 260, May 375, June 409, July 437, August 376, September 276, October 206, November 113, December 88.
United States3,350
Alaska2,953
Germany150
Russia80
Canada65
Ontario57
France56
Italy48
Austria46
Michigan38

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.FungiTastic metadata
  • Puffball fungus formDescends from a fungal lineage whose members are typically puffballs.Inferred from its group

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Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
Familypuffballs · Lycoperdaceae
GenusLycoperdon

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