Alternative Name: Morganella pyriformis (Schaeffer: Persoon) Kreisel & D. Krüger
When: 2007-11-21
Collection location: CabinCove, Smoky Mountains, Haywood Co., North Carolina, USA [Click for map]
Who: Jason Hollinger (jason)
Herbarium specimen available

Species Lists:
Mushrooms of CabinCove (40)

Notes: large beautiful cluster of puffballs on old mossy rotten hardwood stump in moist deep hardwood valley
ST: some forked, ~20×20mm, paler but otherwise same as cap, constricted like a balloon to a narrow tough “root”
CAP: 20-35mm, round, umbonate, densely minutely textured, medium brown, peridium ~0.3-0.4mm thick white
FLESH: white, unchanging, v soft and spongy
SPORE: spore mass cottony deep olive, print yellowish brown

Growing on wood, and granular to smooth brown surface make this L. pyriforme.

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Created: 2007-11-24 12:44:26 By: Jason Hollinger (jason) Summary: Lycoperdon pyriforme Oops! Thanks, Darvin, that was a typo.

Created: 2007-11-24 11:04:26 By: Darvin DeShazer (darv) Summary: Lycoperdon pyriforme Check out Lycoperdon pyriforme. All of Lycoperdon that grows on wood have been moved to the genus Morganella.

Observation created: Sat Nov 24 10:49:36 -0800 2007
Last modified: Sat Nov 24 12:43:07 -0800 2007
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