Lycoperdon caudatum    J. Schröt. 

common name(s) : Pedicel Puffball 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Agaricaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Gasteromycetideae/Lycoperdales/Lycoperdaceae  

synonyms: Lycoperdon pedicellatum 

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Lycoperdon caudatum toxicity of Lycoperdon caudatum genus Lycoperdon  

The fruiting body is spherical or pear-shaped, covered with short (1-2 mm) spines, whitish then brown, with a very short stem, not clearly marked from the fertile head.

The fertile surface is internal: the spores are released as dust when mature.

It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved and coniferous woods, on rich soils.

The fruiting period takes place from September to December.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 3.5 cm (between 2 and 5 cm)
  total height approximately 5 cm (between 3 and 6 cm)

Distinctive features : very rare; the sterile base fills the whole stem

Lycoperdon caudatum is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .



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