Lycoperdon pyriforme
PEAR-SHAPED PUFFBALL
Order: Agaricales, Family Agaricaceae
FRUITING BODY INVERTED PEAR-SHAPED, NARROWING AT BASE, SURFACE WITH TINY SPINES, THEN SMOOTH
Body: 2-5 cm high; 1.5-5 cm wide; white, turning yellow-brown; inverter pear-shaped or spherical, narrowing to form a stem-like base. Surface with tiny spines when fresh and young; spines disappear when mature.
Spore mass inside mushroom firm, white, then yellow and finally powdery olive brown.
Spores escape (puff) through pore at top.
Lycoperdon pyriforme🍴Edible
FOUND ON WOOD, MULCH, BURIED ROOTS, OFTEN CLUSTERED
LOOKALIKES
Lycoperdon perlatum
Gem-studded Puffball
Spines on young specimens
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Look for the pear-shaped puffball on decaying wood or chips, often in garden mulch. It's edible if pure white inside.
This shroom is worth tasting if you find enough in the edible stage.
