Lycoperdon excipuliforme (Scop.) Pers.
(Pestle Puffball, Pestle-shaped Puffball)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLycoperdon excipuliforme (Pestle Puffball, Pestle-shaped 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 excipuliforme (Pestle Puffball, Pestle-shaped Puffball) :
1: Lycoperdon excipuliforme (Pestle Puffball, Pestle-shaped Puffball)
25 Oct 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England

under Birch

Image 1: FruitbodyImage 2: Fruitbody (2)Image 3: Fruitbody - LSImage 4: Fruitbody - LS - close-upImage 5: Fruitbody - sterile base - LS - close-upImage 6: Spines on fruitbody (along maximum diameter) - close-upImage 7: Spines on fruitbody (top of fruitbody) - close-upImage 8: Spines on fruitbody (top of stalk) - close-up
2: Lycoperdon excipuliforme (Pestle Puffball, Pestle-shaped Puffball)
7 Sep 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in grass at roadside
Image 1: Fruitbody - side viewImage 2: Fruitbody surface - close-up
3: Lycoperdon excipuliforme (Pestle Puffball, Pestle-shaped Puffball)
11 Nov 1978 OSGR: SU82 51° 0’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Image 1: Old specimen - in situImage 2: Side view - in situImage 3: Young specimen - in situ
4: Lycoperdon excipuliforme (Pestle Puffball, Pestle-shaped Puffball)
1 Oct 1977 OSGR: SU83 51° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Image 1: Side view - in situ

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. 2014 Readers’ Finds Field Mycology Vol 15 (1): 26-28.
() Pegler, D.N., Laessoe, T. & Spooner, B.M. 1995 British Puffballs, Earthstars & Stinkhorns 255pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Lycoperdon excipuliforme (Pestle Puffball, Pestle-shaped 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 excipuliforme (Pestle Puffball, Pestle-shaped Puffball)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lycoperdon excipuliforme (Pestle Puffball, Pestle-shaped Puffball)
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