| Lycoperdon pulcherrimum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Lycoperdon |
| Species: | L. pulcherrimum |
| Binomial name | |
| Lycoperdon pulcherrimum Berk. & M.A. Curtis |
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| Lycoperdon pulcherrimum | |
|---|---|
| Mycological characteristics | |
| glebal hymenium | |
| no distinct cap | |
| hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable | |
| lacks a stipe | |
| spore print is olive | |
| ecology is saprotrophic | |
| edibility: edible | |
Lycoperdon pulcherrimum is a type of puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon. It was first described scientifically in 1873 by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis.[1]