Lycoperdon curtisii

Lycoperdon curtisii is a type of puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon. It was first described scientifically in 1859 by Miles Joseph Berkeley. Vascellum curtisii, published by Hanns Kreisel in 1963, is a synonym.^[2] Its fruit bodies (puffballs) have been recorded growing in fairy rings.^[3] It is nonpoisonous.^[4]

Lycoperdon curtisii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Agaricaceae
Genus:	Lycoperdon
Species:	L. curtisii
Binomial name
Lycoperdon curtisii Berk. (1873)
Synonyms[1]
Lycoperdon curtisii Berk. (1859) Vascellum curtisii (Berk.) Kreisel (1963)

Lycoperdon curtisii Mycological characteristics
	Glebal hymenium
	No distinct cap
	Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
	Lacks a stipe
	Spore print is olive
	Ecology is saprotrophic

References

1. "Lycoperdon curtisii Berk". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
2. "Vascellum curtisii (Berk.) Kreisel 1963". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
3. Terashima Y, Fukiharu T, Fujiie A (2004). "Morphology and comparative ecology of the fairy ring fungi, Vascellum curtisii and Bovista dermoxantha, on turf of bentgrass, bluegrass, and Zoysiagrass". Mycoscience. 45 (4): 251–60. doi:10.1007/s10267-004-0183-y. S2CID 84981546.
4. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuides. p. 449. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.

External links

• Lycoperdon curtisii in Index Fungorum