| Lycoperdon curtisii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Lycoperdon |
| Species: | L. curtisii |
| Binomial name | |
| Lycoperdon curtisii Berk. (1873) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Lycoperdon curtisii | |
|---|---|
 | Glebal hymenium |
 | No distinct cap |
 | Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable |
| Lacks a stipe |
 | Spore print is olive |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
Lycoperdon curtisii is a type of puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon. It was first described scientifically in 1859 by Miles Joseph Berkeley. Vascellum curtisii, published by Hanns Kreisel in 1963, is a synonym.[2] Its fruit bodies (puffballs) have been recorded growing in fairy rings.[3] It is nonpoisonous.[4]
References
- ↑ "Lycoperdon curtisii Berk". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
- ↑ "Vascellum curtisii (Berk.) Kreisel 1963". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
- ↑ Terashima Y, Fukiharu T, Fujiie A (2004). "Morphology and comparative ecology of the fairy ring fungi, Vascellum curtisii and Bovista dermoxantha, on turf of bentgrass, bluegrass, and Zoysiagrass". Mycoscience. 45 (4): 251–60. doi:10.1007/s10267-004-0183-y. S2CID 84981546.
- ↑ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuides. p. 449. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
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