Lycoperdon utriforme Bull.
(Mosaic Puffball)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLycoperdon utriforme (Mosaic 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 utriforme (Mosaic Puffball) :
1: Lycoperdon utriforme (Mosaic Puffball)
9 Oct 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Staffs (VC 39) England
in short grass
Image 1: Fruitbody - empty - top view - in situImage 2: Fruitbody - in situ - showing trail of brown spores down-windImage 3: Fruitbody - side view - lain downImage 4: Fruitbody - top view - in situ - in shadeImage 5: Fruitbody - top view - in situ - in sun shine
2: Lycoperdon utriforme (Mosaic Puffball)
19 Oct 1999 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Fruitbody - side viewImage 2: Fruitbody - top surfaceImage 3: Fruitbody - top surface - close-upImage 4: In situImage 5: Fruitbody - LS
3: Lycoperdon utriforme (Mosaic Puffball)
5 Oct 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in mown heathy grassland
Image 1: Fruitbodies - old and matureImage 2: Fruitbody - oldImage 3: Fruitbody - old - LSImage 4: Fruitbody - old - LS through baseImage 5: Fruitbody - old - LS through base (2)Image 6: Fruitbody - old - LS through base (3)Image 7: Peridium surface - close-upImage 8: Capillitium hypha - highly magnifiedImage 9: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 10: Spores - highly magnified (2)Image 11: Spores - highly magnified (3)
4: Lycoperdon utriforme (Mosaic Puffball)
29 Oct 1977 OSGR: SU73 51° 10’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
loose in grass
Image 1: Old fruitbody - in situImage 2: Old fruitbody - in situ (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Pegler, D.N., Laessoe, T. & Spooner, B.M. 1995 British Puffballs, Earthstars & Stinkhorns 255pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Lycoperdon utriforme (Mosaic 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 utriforme (Mosaic Puffball)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lycoperdon utriforme (Mosaic Puffball)

The Mosaic Puffball is a large puffball with a diameter of 5-15cm. The large cup-shaped sterile bases may persist for a year or more. Mostly unfertilized grasslands including dunes on acid to neutral soils. Widely distributed and relatively common but local.

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