Boston Mycological Club
A smallish puffball covered in spiny warts. As it matures, notice how the spiny warts flake off in sheets from the underlying peridium, revealing a smooth-skinned puffball beneath.
Barron -Mushrooms of Northeast North America;
page 88 (as Lycoperdon candidum)
Bessette - Mushrooms of Northeastern North
America; page 454
Arora - Mushrooms Demystified; page 694
Phillips - Mushrooms of North America; page
283
The following two pictures are of the same exact mushroom, one taken a day and a half later. You can see how the spines/warts break off and reveal a smooth skinned puffball.
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| Collected 2001-07-15; Hingham, MA; Wompatuck State Park. |