MycoKey : the genus Lycoperdon

Generic short diagnoses: Typical puffballs with well developed subgleba (± ’stipitate’) and a well delimited, ± round opening; capillitium simple. Surface when young with granules or distinct spines, that in some species readily fall off leaving a distinct pattern or not.


Species example:


Lycoperdon mammiforme - DK: rosa støvbold
Photo and © Jan Vesterholt
Denmark, JV92-437

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