Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Agaricaceae: Mycenastrum corium (Guers.) Desv.

Mycenastrum corium – Corkstar Puffball

Synonyms: Lycoperdon corium, Mycenastrum chilense, Mycenastrum leptodermeum, Mycenastrum phaeotrichum, Mycenastrum radicatum, Scleroderma corium, Scleroderma verrucosum, Sterrebekia corium.

Common name: Corkstar Puffball.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Mycenastrum is a fungal genus in the family Agaricaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing one widely distributed species, Mycenastrum corium, known by various common names: the giant pasture puffball, leathery puffball, or tough puffball.

Chinese: 栓皮马勃属, Dutch: Mycenastrum, Estonian: Hõlmikmuna (perekond), Ukrainian: Міценаструм.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Leathery puffball mushroom (Mycenastrum corium) on a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park in dry weather. College Station, Texas, November 11, 2025

Tissues of leathery puffball mushroom (Mycenastrum corium) under a microscope with x40 objective, collected from a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 11, 2025

Basidia and spores of leathery puffball mushroom (Mycenastrum corium) under a microscope with x40 objective, collected from a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 11, 2025

Corkstar (leathery) puffball mushroom (Mycenastrum corium) with mature spore mass (gleba) on a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park (it was found 6 days before and cut in halves). College Station, Texas, November 17, 2025

Skin of corkstar (leathery) puffball mushroom (Mycenastrum corium) on a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park (it was found 6 days before and cut in halves). College Station, Texas, November 17, 2025

Spores and olive-yellow spiny capillitial threads from gleba of corkstar puffball mushroom (Mycenastrum corium) from a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park under a microscope with x40 objective in KOH solution. College Station, Texas, November 17, 2025

Spores and capillitium of corkstar puffball mushroom (Mycenastrum corium) from a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park under a microscope with x40 objective in KOH solution. College Station, Texas, November 17, 2025

Close-up of sporesof corkstar puffball mushroom (Mycenastrum corium) from a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park under a microscope in KOH solution. College Station, Texas, November 17, 2025

Spores, capillitium and basidia of corkstar puffball mushroom (Mycenastrum corium) from a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park under a microscope with x40 objective in Congo Red. College Station, Texas, November 17, 2025

Close-up of a capillitial thread of corkstar puffball mushroom (Mycenastrum corium) under a microscope in Congo Red. College Station, Texas, November 17, 2025

Leathery puffball mushrooms (Mycenastrum corium) on a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park in dry weather. College Station, Texas, December 15, 2025

Mature leathery puffball mushroom (Mycenastrum corium) on a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 15, 2025

Section of leathery puffball mushrooms (Mycenastrum corium) on a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 15, 2025

Close-up of leathery puffball mushrooms (Mycenastrum corium) on a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 15, 2025

Habitat of leathery puffball mushrooms (Mycenastrum corium) on a lawn in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 15, 2025

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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