Lycoperdon

Lycoperdon
	Lycoperdon pyriforme
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Agaricaceae
Genus:	Lycoperdon
Type species
	Lycoperdon perlatum; Pers. (1794)
Synonyms
	Sufa Adans. (1763); Priapus Raf. (1808); Cerophora Raf. (1814); Utraria Quél. (1873); Bovistella Morgan (1892); Calvatiella C.H.Chow (1936); Capillaria Velen. (1947); Handkea Kreisel (1989); Lycoperdon subgen. Bovistella (Morgan) Jeppson & E.Larss. (2008); Lycoperdon subgen. Utraria (Quél.) Jeppson & E.Larss. (2008);

Lycoperdon is a genus of puffball mushrooms. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 50 species.^[2] In general, it contains the smaller species such as the pear-shaped puffball and the gem-studded puffball. It was formerly classified within the now-obsolete order Lycoperdales, as the type genus which, following a restructuring of fungal taxonomy brought about by molecular phylogeny, has been split. Lycoperdon is now placed in the family Agaricaceae of the order Agaricales.

The name comes from lycos meaning wolf and perdon meaning to break wind; thus the name literally means wolf-farts.

Species

Lycoperdon bovista Sowerby 1803, see Bovista plumbea
Lycoperdon caudatum (Syn. Lycoperdon pedicellatum) J.Schröt.
Lycoperdon curtisii
Lycoperdon echinatum Pers.
Lycoperdon ericaceum (Syn. Lycoperdon muscorum)
Lycoperdon ericaceum, var. subareolatum
Lycoperdon lambinonii Demoulin 1972
Lycoperdon lividum (Syn. Lycoperdon spadiceum) Pers. 1809
Lycoperdon mammiforme Pers. 1801
Lycoperdon marginatum (Syn. Lycoperdon candidum) Vittadini
Lycoperdon molle
Lycoperdon nigrescens (Syn. Lycoperdon foetidum) Bonord
Lycoperdon norvegicum Demoulin 1971
Lycoperdon ovoidisporum^[3]
Lycoperdon perlatum (Syn. Lycoperdon gemmatum)
Lycoperdon pratense
Lycoperdon pyriforme Schaeff. ex Pers. (now Morganella pyriformis)
Lycoperdon pulcherrimum Berk. & M.A. Curtis
Lycoperdon rupicola^[4]
Lycoperdon subincarnatum
Lycoperdon subumbrinum^[4]
Lycoperdon umbrinum

References

^ "Synonymy: Lycoperdon Pers". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
^ Cortez VG, Baseia IG, Silveira RMB (2011). "Lycoperdon ovoidisporum sp. nov. from Brazil" (PDF). Sydowia. 63 (1): 1–7.
^ ^a ^b Jeppson M, Larsson E, Martín M (2012). "Lycoperdon rupicola and L. subumbrinum: two new puffballs from Europe". Mycological Progress. 11 (4): 887–97. doi:10.1007/s11557-011-0804-8.

External links

Media related to Lycoperdon at Wikimedia Commons
Smith, Alexander H. (1951). Puffballs and their allies in Michigan. University of Michigan Press.

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[urlFungorum_synonymy:_Lycoperdon-1] "Synonymy: Lycoperdon Pers". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-07-13.

[Kirk_2008-2] Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

[Cortez_2011-3] Cortez VG, Baseia IG, Silveira RMB (2011). "Lycoperdon ovoidisporum sp. nov. from Brazil" (PDF). Sydowia. 63 (1): 1–7.

[Jeppson_2011-4] Jeppson M, Larsson E, Martín M (2012). "Lycoperdon rupicola and L. subumbrinum: two new puffballs from Europe". Mycological Progress. 11 (4): 887–97. doi:10.1007/s11557-011-0804-8.

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