Lycoperdon curtisii

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]

Lycoperdon curtisii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Agaricaceae
Genus:
Lycoperdon
Species:
L. curtisii
Binomial name
Lycoperdon curtisii
Berk. (1873)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lycoperdon curtisii Berk. (1859)
  • Vascellum curtisii (Berk.) Kreisel (1963)
Lycoperdon curtisii
float
Mycological characteristics
glebal hymenium
no distinct cap
hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
lacks a stipe
spore print is olive
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: edible

References
  1. "Lycoperdon curtisii Berk". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  2. "Vascellum curtisii (Berk.) Kreisel 1963". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
  3. 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.


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