Lycoperdon lividum Pers.
(Grassland Puffball)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLycoperdon lividum (Grassland Puffball)
GenusLycoperdon (puffballs)
FamilyAGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Lycoperdon lividum (Grassland Puffball) :
1: Lycoperdon lividum (Grassland Puffball)
19 Sep 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Derby (VC 57) England
in grass
Image 1: Fruitbodies - top view - in situImage 2: Fruitbody - side view - close-upImage 3: Fruitbody - top view - in situ - close-upImage 4: Fruitbody - top view - in situ - close-up (2)
2: Lycoperdon lividum (Grassland Puffball)
17 Oct 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
growing in grassland . Photos: puffballs: in situ, lain down, close-ups of peridium surface
Image 1: Fruitbodies - side viewsImage 2: Fruitbody - in situ - side viewImage 3: Fruitbody - lain down - side viewImage 4: Fruitbody surface - base - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Fruitbody surface - side - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Fruitbody surface - top - close-up - enlarged
3: Lycoperdon lividum (Grassland Puffball)
17 Oct 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
mature fruitbodies, growing in grassland . Photos: Mature puffballs
Image 1: Fruitbodies - mature - side view - lain down
4: Lycoperdon lividum (Grassland Puffball)
16 Oct 2005 OSGR: SU79 51° 40’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
2 fruitbodies in grassland . Photos: puffballs: in situ, close-ups, LS, capillitium, spores
Image 1: Fruitbodies - side view - in situ - close-upImage 2: Fruitbody - LSImage 3: Fruitbody - LS - pale backgroundImage 4: Fruitbody - side view - in situ - close-upImage 5: Two fruitbodies - in situImage 6: Fruitbody surface texture - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Capillitium and spores - magnifiedImage 8: Capillitium - highly magnifiedImage 9: Capillitium - highly magnified (2)Image 10: Capillitium - highly magnified (3)Image 11: Capillitium - highly magnified (4)Image 12: Spores and capillitium - magnifiedImage 13: Spores and capillitium - magnified (2)Image 14: Spores and capillitium - highly magnifiedImage 15: Spores and capillitium - highly magnified (2)Image 16: Spores - magnifiedImage 17: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 18: Spores - highly magnified (2)Image 19: Spores - highly magnified (3)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Savage, D. 2008 Fungi of the far north: Part 3: From the Borgie to the Naver Vol 9 (1) Page: 13-19

Lycoperdon lividum (Grassland Puffball) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lycoperdon lividum (Grassland Puffball)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lycoperdon lividum (Grassland Puffball)

A small and rather featureless puffball of dry, weakly acid to calcareous grassland, especially where the grass is very short. It is widespread and common, especially near the coast.

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