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Common puffballs in litter
Lycoperdon perlatum Species
Angles captured. 2 frames of one subject.
Morphology
Two spherical white fruitbodies, 3–4 cm, densely covered in sharp conical spines, narrowed to a short base, sitting in oak litter and grass.
Habitat & substrate
Oak leaf litter with grass on a slope.
Lookalikes & what rules them out
Dense conical spines on a white ball with a tapered base.
To confirm this identification
A cut section to confirm the pure white interior.
Notes
Corrected — these were wrongly pooled into the yellow-brown bolete entry. Fourth separate puffball of the day.
Found at Goodnow Rd area, Princeton, MA on Saturday, 8 August 2026 at 09:45. 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 puffball — mossy bankLycoperdon perlatum · Aug 8Moderate–high
Common puffball — by the boulderLycoperdon cf. perlatum · Aug 8Moderate
Common puffball — moss cushionLycoperdon perlatum · Aug 8High