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Pear-shaped Puffball - Lycoperdon pyriforme Habitat: I found these old puffballs growing on a stick in a mixed forest Fall,Geotagged,Lycoperdon pyriforme,Pear-shaped Puffball,United States,lycoperdon,puffball Click/tap to enlarge

Pear-shaped Puffball - Lycoperdon pyriforme

Habitat: I found these old puffballs growing on a stick in a mixed forest

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    Ernst
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    Never seen them grow on wood. They look very small. Posted 6 years ago
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      Christine Young
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      They were probably about 3 cm diameter. It's cool to find them growing in dense clusters, like this:

      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/72043/stump_puffballs_-_lycoperdon_pyriforme.html Geotagged,Lycoperdon pyriforme,Pear-shaped Puffball,Summer,United States,fungi,fungus,mushroom,mushrooms,puffballs


      And even better if they are fresh:
      Stump Puffball (Lycoperdon pyriforme) Growing on a rotting Willow Oak (Quercus phellos) stump.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/68950/stump_puffball_lycoperdon_pyriforme.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/68949/stump_puffball_lycoperdon_pyriforme.html Fall,Geotagged,Lycoperdon pyriforme,Pear-shaped Puffball,United States
       Posted 6 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 Feb 12, 2019. Captured Oct 6, 2018 10:14 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/5.0
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.