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Lycoperdon pulcherrimum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Lycoperdaceae
Genus:	Lycoperdon
Species:	L. pulcherrimum
Binomial name
Lycoperdon pulcherrimum Berk. & M.A.Curtis (1873)

Lycoperdon pulcherrimumMycological characteristics
	Glebal hymenium
	No distinct cap
	Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
	Lacks a stipe
	Spore print is olive
	Ecology is saprotrophic
	Edibility is edible or inedible

Lycoperdon pulcherrimum, commonly known as the long-spined puffball, is a type of puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon. It was first described scientifically in 1873 by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis. The fungus is found in the southern United States.

References

1. Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
2. Berkeley MJ. (1873). "Notices of North American fungi". Grevillea. 2 (16): 49–53.
3. Miller HR, Miller OK Jr. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, Connecticut: Falcon Guides. p. 454. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.

External links

• Lycoperdon pulcherrimum in Index Fungorum

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