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Stump Puffballs - Lycoperdon pyriforme These puffballs are round when young, but become pear-shaped when mature. Also, when they are mature, they develop a central hole through which spores are liberated - usually by rain. I spotted dozens of these puffballs all growing together on rotting wood.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/72043/stump_puffballs_-_lycoperdon_pyriforme.html" title="Stump Puffballs - Lycoperdon pyriforme"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/72043_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=NbC3h6rtpzE%2BhCElFZwOHEftVPA%3D" width="200" height="170" alt="Stump Puffballs - Lycoperdon pyriforme These puffballs are round when young, but become pear-shaped when mature. Also, when they are mature, they develop a central hole through which spores are liberated - usually by rain. I spotted dozens of these puffballs all growing together on rotting wood.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64813/stump_puffballs_-_lycoperdon_pyriforme.html Geotagged,Lycoperdon pyriforme,Pear-shaped Puffball,Summer,United States" /></a></figure> Geotagged,Lycoperdon pyriforme,Pear-shaped Puffball,Summer,United States,fungi,fungus,mushroom,mushrooms,puffballs Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Stump Puffballs - Lycoperdon pyriforme

These puffballs are round when young, but become pear-shaped when mature. Also, when they are mature, they develop a central hole through which spores are liberated - usually by rain. I spotted dozens of these puffballs all growing together on rotting wood.

Stump Puffballs - Lycoperdon pyriforme These puffballs are round when young, but become pear-shaped when mature. Also, when they are mature, they develop a central hole through which spores are liberated - usually by rain. I spotted dozens of these puffballs all growing together on rotting wood.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64813/stump_puffballs_-_lycoperdon_pyriforme.html Geotagged,Lycoperdon pyriforme,Pear-shaped Puffball,Summer,United States

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    Flown Kimmerling
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    Oh man!! It's too bad you didn't find them fresh! That would have been a great dinner! Posted 7 years ago
    1. View Christine Young's profile
      Christine Young
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      There were so many of them! Posted 7 years ago
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        Did you squoosh them? :D Posted 7 years ago
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          Christine Young
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          Always do :) Posted 7 years ago

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The Pear-shaped Puffball

''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.

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Uploaded Aug 11, 2018. Captured Aug 26, 2017 11:00 in 98 CT-179, Barkhamsted, CT 06063, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/16.0
  • 1/256s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
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