| 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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