Lycoperdon nigrescens Pers.
(Dusky Puffball, Blackish Puffball)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLycoperdon nigrescens (Dusky Puffball, Blackish 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 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
Image 1: Close-upImage 2: Side view - close-upImage 3: Side view - in situImage 4: Side view - lain downImage 5: Surface texture - enlargedImage 6: Capillitium - highly magnifiedImage 7: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 8: Description
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
Image 1: In situ - old fruitbodies

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lycoperdon nigrescens (Dusky Puffball, Blackish Puffball)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lycoperdon nigrescens (Dusky Puffball, Blackish Puffball)

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