Common Puffball - Lycoperdon perlatum

This puffball was covered in slime and had a slug living inside of it!

Habitat: Mixed forest

comments (4)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

That's really interesting, I had no idea there would be enough hollow room inside. Posted 5 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  The puffball would have started out completely solid. The slug ate its way through the puffball, excavating it with each bite! Posted 5 years ago, modified 5 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    So cool! Posted 5 years ago
  2. 1. Christine Young
      
      Lion
      
      I peeked inside and it looked like it was almost completely hollowed out! That is definitely a smart slug. Posted 5 years ago

The Common puffball

"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.

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Similar species: Agaricales

Species identified by Christine Young