Lycoperdon Pers. non Tourn. ex L.
(puffballs)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Lycoperdon echinatum Spiny Puffball, Hedgehog Puffball	Species	13 images	1 ident. refs
Lycoperdon excipuliforme Pestle Puffball, Pestle-shaped Puffball	Species	14 images	2 ident. refs
Lycoperdon lividum Grassland Puffball	Species	30 images	1 ident. refs
Lycoperdon mammiforme Flaky Puffball	Species	4 images	1 ident. refs
Lycoperdon nigrescens Dusky Puffball, Blackish Puffball	Species	9 images
Lycoperdon perlatum Common Puffball	Species	19 images
Lycoperdon pratense Meadow Puffball	Species	27 images	1 ident. refs
Lycoperdon radicatum Rooting Puffball, Rooting Bovist	Species		2 ident. refs
Lycoperdon utriforme Mosaic Puffball	Species	23 images	1 ident. refs
Lycoperdon (unidentified) Unidentified Lycoperdon Puffballs	Unidentified	6 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

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 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.)

Identification Works

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

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

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 (puffballs)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 29 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lycoperdon (puffballs)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Lycoperdon is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)