Chlorophyllum agaricoides
Also known as Secotium agaricoides and Endoptychum agaricoides
PUFFBALL AGARIC
CAP OVAL, LARGE, TAN, NOT OPENING
Cap: 2-10 cm wide, 2-12 cm tall; pear-shaped to oval to roundish, base wider than apex; fibrillose, sometimes becoming scaly with age; white when young to tan in age; margin joined to stalk.
SPORE MASS DISTORTED, NOT EXPOSED, BROWN
Spore mass: crowded distorted plates and chambers; white becoming brown, sometimes powdery in age.
STALK MOSTLY INTERNAL
Stalk: mostly internal, sometimes a short stalk exposed below cap; extends to the top of the cap
SPORE PRINT BLACKISH BROWN
Spores: 6-9 x 5-7 µm, elliptical, smooth, thick walled, apical porelight brown
Chlorophyllum agaricoides🍴Edible when young
FOUND IN LAWNS AND GARDENS
LOOKALIKES
Unexpanded species of Agaricus or Lepiota – they open up and this one does not
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This mushroom resembles a gilled mushroom, but never opens up, like a puffball. It has been shown by DNA testing to be related to the genus Agaricus, which would put it in the order Agaricalels, family Agaricaceae, under the new name Chlorophyllum agaricoides.
