Lycoperdaceae is a family of fungi which contains 10 genera including the genera Vascellum, Calvatia and Lycoperdon, the puffballs.
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Several photographs of this globular species.
A fun look at what can be done with giant puffballs besides eating them.
Photograph of this skull-shaped puffball.
Photographs of this puffball when mature and as a dead base after the spores have been released.
Photographs of the fruitbody of this species, commonly known as the Giant Puffball, and magnified images of the Capillitium.
Article by Tom Volk on this edible fungus, the Giant Puffball, with a photograph of a fairy ring formed of these fungi, and information on some other puffballs.
Student project with classification, habitat, reproduction and structure.
Photographs of the fruitbody of this species, commonly known as the Mosaic Puffball.
Photographs of this species, commonly known as the Meadow Puffball.
Photographs of an old fruitbody of this puffball and magnified images of the spores and paracapillitium.
Student project with classification, habitat, reproduction and structure.
Photographs of this species, commonly known as the Meadow Puffball.
Photographs of an old fruitbody of this puffball and magnified images of the spores and paracapillitium.
Photographs of the fruitbody of this species, commonly known as the Giant Puffball, and magnified images of the Capillitium.
Photographs of the fruitbody of this species, commonly known as the Mosaic Puffball.
Article by Tom Volk on this edible fungus, the Giant Puffball, with a photograph of a fairy ring formed of these fungi, and information on some other puffballs.
Photograph of this skull-shaped puffball.
A fun look at what can be done with giant puffballs besides eating them.
Photographs of this puffball when mature and as a dead base after the spores have been released.
Several photographs of this globular species.
