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Common Puffball Meerdalbos, Belgium (Oct 2014).<br />
An old-faithful in our woods here they show up every fall. They are white, covered in short spiny bumps. When mature they become brown, and a hole in the top opens to release spores in a burst when the body is compressed by touch or falling raindrops. Belgium,Fall,Geotagged,Lycoperdon perlatum Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Common Puffball

Meerdalbos, Belgium (Oct 2014).
An old-faithful in our woods here they show up every fall. They are white, covered in short spiny bumps. When mature they become brown, and a hole in the top opens to release spores in a burst when the body is compressed by touch or falling raindrops.

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  1. I'm wondering what your opinion is on these photos:
    https://www.jungledragon.com/specie/4665/photos

    Are they really all the same species?
    Posted 9 years ago
    1. I am not an expert but I think yes is possible, because for what I have seen here in the woods they first look white and shiny but when older the skin dries and turns creamy with the black tuft on top where they finally burst to release the spores. Posted 9 years ago

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"Lycoperdon perlatum", popularly known as the common puffball, warted puffball, gem-studded puffball, or the devil's snuff-box, is a species of puffball fungus in the family Agaricaceae.

Similar species: Agaricales
Species identified by Patomarazul
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By Patomarazul

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Uploaded Jul 27, 2016. Captured Oct 19, 2014 15:16 in Grezstraat, 3053 Oud-Heverlee, Belgium.
  • SP-820UZ
  • f/3.7
  • 10/300s
  • ISO800
  • 5.7mm