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Lycoperdon
Lycoperdon is a genus of puffball mushrooms. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 50 species. In general, it contains the smaller species such as the pear-shaped puffball and the gem-studded puffball. It was formerly classified within the now-obsolete order Lycoperdales, as the type genus which, following a restructuring of fungal taxonomy brought about by molecular phylogeny, has been split. Lycoperdon is now placed in the family Agaricaceae of the order Agaricales.
The scientific name has been created with Greek words (lycos meaning wolf and perdomai meaning to fart) and based on several European dialects in which the mushroom name sounds like wolf-farts.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
common puffball
speciesLycoperdon perlatum
Meadow Puffball
speciesLycoperdon pratense
Peeling Puffball
speciesLycoperdon marginatum
Pestle Puffball
speciesLycoperdon excipuliforme
Mosaic puffball
speciesLycoperdon utriforme
Umber-brown Puffball
speciesLycoperdon umbrinum
Spiny Puffball
speciesLycoperdon echinatum
Curtis's Puffball
speciesLycoperdon curtisii
Dusky Puffball
speciesLycoperdon nigrescens
Smooth Puffball
speciesLycoperdon molle
Lycoperdon subincarnatum
speciesLycoperdon subincarnatum
Lycoperdon fuligineum
speciesLycoperdon fuligineum
Long-spined Puffball
speciesLycoperdon pulcherrimum
Smoky Puffball
speciesHandkea fumosa
Lycoperdon compactum
speciesLycoperdon compactum
Grassland Puffball
speciesLycoperdon lividum
Lycoperdon flavotinctum
speciesLycoperdon flavotinctum
Small-warted Mountain Puffball
speciesLycoperdon subcretaceum
flaky puffball
speciesLycoperdon mammiforme
dwarf puffball
speciesLycoperdon dermoxanthum
Lycoperdon subumbrinum
speciesLycoperdon subumbrinum
Lycoperdon scabrum
speciesLycoperdon scabrum
Lycoperdon americanum
speciesLycoperdon americanum
Lycoperdon sp. 'marginatum-IN01'
speciesLycoperdon sp. 'marginatum-IN01'
Lycoperdon purpurascens
speciesLycoperdon purpurascens
Vascellum lloydianum
speciesVascellum lloydianum
Lycoperdon bispinosum
speciesLycoperdon bispinosum
Lycoperdon caudatum
speciesLycoperdon caudatum
Lycoperdon sp. 'IN01'
speciesLycoperdon sp. 'IN01'
rooting puffball
speciesLycoperdon radicatum
Lycoperdon spadiceum
speciesLycoperdon spadiceum
heath puffball
speciesLycoperdon ericaeum
Lycoperdon atropurpureum
speciesLycoperdon atropurpureum
Lycoperdon sp. 'NY01'
speciesLycoperdon sp. 'NY01'
Lycoperdon rupicola
speciesLycoperdon rupicola
Lycoperdon sp. 'IN02'
speciesLycoperdon sp. 'IN02'
Lycoperdon sp. 'CA02'
speciesLycoperdon sp. 'CA02'
Lycoperdon sp. 'PNW01'
speciesLycoperdon sp. 'PNW01'
Lycoperdon sp. 'IN03'
speciesLycoperdon sp. 'IN03'
Handkea lycoperdoides
speciesHandkea lycoperdoides
Lycoperdon floccosum
speciesLycoperdon floccosum
Lycoperdon sp. 'IN05'
speciesLycoperdon sp. 'IN05'
Lycoperdon mauryanum
speciesLycoperdon mauryanum
Lycoperdon rimulatum
speciesLycoperdon rimulatum
Lycoperdon muscorum
speciesLycoperdon muscorum
Lycoperdon norvegicum
speciesLycoperdon norvegicum
Lycoperdon sp. 'CO02'
speciesLycoperdon sp. 'CO02'
steppe puffball
speciesLycoperdon decipiens
Lycoperdon sp. 'CA05'
speciesLycoperdon sp. 'CA05'
Lycoperdon candidum
speciesLycoperdon candidum
Lycoperdon lambinonii
speciesLycoperdon lambinonii
Lycoperdon sp. 'FL01'
speciesLycoperdon sp. 'FL01'
Lycoperdon colensoi
speciesLycoperdon colensoi
Lycoperdon sp. 'MO01'
speciesLycoperdon sp. 'MO01'
Lycoperdon juruense
speciesLycoperdon juruense
Lycoperdon sp. 'pratense-TX01'
speciesLycoperdon sp. 'pratense-TX01'
Lycoperdon sp. 'CA01'
speciesLycoperdon sp. 'CA01'
Lycoperdon wrightii
speciesLycoperdon wrightii
Lycoperdon glabrescens
speciesLycoperdon glabrescens
Lycoperdon umbrinoides
speciesLycoperdon umbrinoides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2
Pierre Bulliard · 1791 · p.263
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.411
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.412
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.413
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.414
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.416
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.417
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.418
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 3–4
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.213
Elements of Botany
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.82
Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2
Pierre Bulliard · 1791 · p.285
Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2
Pierre Bulliard · 1791 · p.231
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