| Generic short diagnoses: Small to medium-sized, ± flat-topped puffball with well developed, poroid subgleba, separated from gleba by a skin-like layer (diaphragm), opens irregularly; capillitium of Lycoperdon-type but sparse and paracapillitium, instead, abundant. |
Vascellum pratense - DK: flad støvbold, UK: Meadow Puffball |
 | Illustration and © Jan Vesterholt Denmark 2002 |
 | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark , JHP-04.083 |
 closeup of surface | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark , JHP-04.083 |
 section | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark , JHP-04.083 |
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