| 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. |
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 Lycoperdon nigrescens - DK: sortagtig støvbold UK: Dusky Puffball - closeup of young and old surface |
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-03.271 |
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