Lycoperdon curtisii
| Lycoperdon curtisii | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Lycoperdon |
| Species: | L. curtisii |
| Binomial name | |
| Lycoperdon curtisii Berk. (1873) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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| Lycoperdon curtisii | |
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 | 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 curtisii is a type of puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon. It was first described scientifically in 1859 by Miles Joseph Berkeley. Vascellum curtisii, published by Hanns Kreisel in 1963, is a synonym.[2] Its fruit bodies (puffballs) have been recorded growing in fairy rings.[3]
References
- ↑ "Lycoperdon curtisii Berk.". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
- ↑ "Vascellum curtisii (Berk.) Kreisel 1963". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
- ↑ Terashima Y, Fukiharu T, Fujiie A. (2004). "Morphology and comparative ecology of the fairy ring fungi, Vascellum curtisii and Bovista dermoxantha, on turf of bentgrass, bluegrass, and Zoysiagrass". Mycoscience 45 (4): 251–60. doi:10.1007/s10267-004-0183-y.
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