Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Agaricaceae: Lycoperdon curtisii Berk.

Lycoperdon curtisii

Synonym: Vascellum curtisii.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Lycoperdon curtisii is a type of puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon. It was first described scientifically in 1859 by Miles Joseph Berkeley. Vascellum curtisii, published by Hanns Kreisel in 1963, is a synonym. Its fruit bodies (puffballs) have been recorded growing in fairy rings.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) or pulcherrimum(?) on a sandy trail on an island in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, October 2, 2009

Mature puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 27, 2013
Post Oak Trail, College Station, TX 77845, USA

Puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 27, 2013
Post Oak Trail, College Station, TX 77845, USA

Puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) pulcherrimum(?) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 28, 2013
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Sam Houston National Forest, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Small puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) on a road near power lines in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, September 30, 2013
8181 Mumford Road, Bryan, Texas 77807, United States

Small puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) or pulcherrimum(?) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 2, 2013
Post Oak Trail, College Station, TX 77845, USA

Small puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) or pulcherrimum(?) on sand of Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 2, 2013
Post Oak Trail, College Station, TX 77845, USA

Puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) in Lemontree Park. College Station, Texas, November 4, 2017
Bee Creek, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 21, 2017
Bee Creek, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 12, 2018
Raccoon Run, College Station, TX 77845, USA

Puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii)(?) in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, April 4, 2018
Hensel Park DriveWay, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Small puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 25, 2018
Post Oak Trail, College Station, TX 77845, USA

Small puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2018
Hensel Park DriveWay, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii)(?) on a lawn in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, May 25, 2018
906 Ashburn Ave, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) on sandy soil under oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 28, 2018
Iron Bridge Trail, College Station, TX 77845, USA

Comments

• Data for this species were obtained from the dataset https://www.gbif.org.
• There is a Wikipedia article about this species.

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