Lycoperdon curtisii
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| Species: | L. curtisii
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| Lycoperdon curtisii Berk. (1873)
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Lycoperdon curtisii | |
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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 |
Lycoperdon curtisii is a type of puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon. It was first described scientifically in 1859 by Miles Joseph Berkeley. Vascellum curtisii, published by Hanns Kreisel in 1963, is a synonym.[2] Its fruit bodies (puffballs) have been recorded growing in fairy rings.[3]
References
- ^ "Lycoperdon curtisii Berk". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
- ^ "Vascellum curtisii (Berk.) Kreisel 1963". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
- ^ Terashima Y, Fukiharu T, Fujiie A (2004). "Morphology and comparative ecology of the fairy ring fungi, Vascellum curtisii and Bovista dermoxantha, on turf of bentgrass, bluegrass, and Zoysiagrass". Mycoscience. 45 (4): 251–60. doi:10.1007/s10267-004-0183-y.
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