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Common puffball — mossy bank
Lycoperdon perlatum Species
Angles captured. 2 frames of one subject.
Morphology
A spherical white fruitbody 3–4 cm, covered in dense conical spines and warts, narrowed to a short sterile base, with a paler weathered one alongside.
Habitat & substrate
Leaf litter and moss on a bank.
Lookalikes & what rules them out
Dense conical spines on a white ball with a tapered base. Distinct from the earthballs (TM0002, TM0056), which have thick warted rinds and black interiors.
To confirm this identification
Cutting one confirms a pure white interior versus an earthball's black gleba.
Found at Goodnow Rd area, Princeton, MA on Saturday, 8 August 2026 at 09:56. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.
Others in this group
Earthballs in leaf litterScleroderma sp. · Oct 11Moderate
Puffball in grassLycoperdon or Calvatia · Jul 31Moderate–high
Earthball, cut openScleroderma sp. · Aug 6High
Common puffballs in litterLycoperdon perlatum · Aug 8Moderate–high
Common puffball — by the boulderLycoperdon cf. perlatum · Aug 8Moderate
Common puffball — moss cushionLycoperdon perlatum · Aug 8High