Lycoperdon
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.
| Lycoperdon | |
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| Lycoperdon perlatum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Lycoperdon |
| Type species | |
| Lycoperdon perlatum Pers. (1794) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The scientific name has been created with Greek words (lycos meaning wolf and perdon meaning to fart) and based on several European dialects in which the mushroom name sounds like wolf-farts.
Most species are edible, ranging from mild to tasting distinctly of shrimp.
Species
- 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. 1774
- 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.
- 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. S2CID 14125853.
External links
Media related to Lycoperdon at Wikimedia Commons- Smith, Alexander H. (1951). Puffballs and their allies in Michigan. University of Michigan Press.