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Pear shaped puffball This is the only puff ball in the area that grows on wood - this one is bursting right out of the root it is growing on.  Fall,Geotagged,Lycoperdon pyriforme,Pear-shaped Puffball,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Pear shaped puffball

This is the only puff ball in the area that grows on wood - this one is bursting right out of the root it is growing on.

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''Lycoperdon pyriforme'', commonly known as the pear-shaped puffball or stump puffball, is a saprobic fungus present throughout much of the world. Emerging in autumn, this puffball is common and abundant on decaying logs of both deciduous and coniferous wood. It is considered a choice edible when still immature and the inner flesh is white.

Similar species: Agaricales
Species identified by morpheme
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By morpheme

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Uploaded Nov 1, 2017. Captured Oct 31, 2017 11:47 in Tiger Mountain Trail, Issaquah, WA 98027, USA.
  • X-E2
  • f/1.0
  • 4s
  • ISO200
  • 55mm