Lycoperdon pulcherrimum
Lycoperdon pulcherrimum is a type of puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon. It was first described scientifically in 1873 by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis.[1] The fungus is found in the southern United States.[2]
Lycoperdon pulcherrimum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Agaricaceae |
Genus: | Lycoperdon |
Species: | L. pulcherrimum |
Binomial name | |
Lycoperdon pulcherrimum Berk. & M.A.Curtis (1873) | |
Lycoperdon pulcherrimum![]() | |
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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 |
References
- Berkeley MJ. (1873). "Notices of North American fungi". Grevillea. 2 (16): 49–53.
- Miller HR, Miller OK Jr. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, Connecticut: Falcon Guides. p. 454. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
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