Lycoperdon nigrescens Pers.
(Dusky Puffball, Blackish Puffball)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Lycoperdon nigrescens (Dusky Puffball, Blackish Puffball)
Genus	Lycoperdon (puffballs)
Family	AGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Lycoperdon nigrescens is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Records of Lycoperdon nigrescens (Dusky Puffball, Blackish Puffball) :
1: Lycoperdon nigrescens (Dusky Puffball, Blackish Puffball)
3 Oct 1980	OSGR: SU26	51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W	Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7)	England


2: Lycoperdon nigrescens (Dusky Puffball, Blackish Puffball)
1 Oct 1977	OSGR: SU83	51° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W	Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13)	England

Lycoperdon nigrescens (Dusky Puffball, Blackish Puffball) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Lycoperdon
(puffballs)

AGARICACEAE
(mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lycoperdon nigrescens (Dusky Puffball, Blackish Puffball)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lycoperdon nigrescens (Dusky Puffball, Blackish Puffball)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Lycoperdon nigrescens is also a member of:

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