Biology:Lycoperdon nigrescens
| Lycoperdon nigrescens | |
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| A similar species. L. nigrescens is darker between the spines. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Lycoperdon |
| Species: | L. nigrescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Lycoperdon nigrescens Wahlenb. (1794)
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| Synonyms | |
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Lycoperdon foetidum Bonord. | |
| Lycoperdon nigrescens | |
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 | glebal hymenium |
 | no distinct cap |
 | hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable |
| lacks a stipe |
 | spore print is olive |
 | ecology is saprotrophic |
 | edibility: unknown |
Lycoperdon nigrescens, with the synonym Lycoperdon foetidum, commonly known as the dusky puffball,[1] is a type of puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon. It was first described scientifically in 1794 by the Swedish naturalist Göran Wahlenberg.[2]
The fruit body grows up to 6 centimetres (2 1⁄4 in) tall and 4 cm (1 1⁄2 in) wide.[3] The caps are shaped somewhat like pears, with spines ranging in brightness, which later break off.[4] The surface is dark between the spines. The stipe has thin strands coming from its base.[4] Visually similar to other species when young, it grows increasingly darker with age and lacks the pronounced stipe that old Lycoperdon perlatum specimens attain.[5]
It appears from summer to fall in both conifer and hardwood forests, in addition to alpine areas.[4] Its edibility is unknown, but related puffballs are edible in youth, when still firm and white inside.[3]
References
- ↑ Phillips R. (2013). Mushrooms: A Comprehensive Guide to Mushroom Identification. Pan Macmillan. p. 330. ISBN 978-1-4472-6402-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=nRKwAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA330.
- ↑ "Lycoperdon nigrescens Wahlenb. 1794". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=218442. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press. pp. 692-93. ISBN 978-0-89815-170-1. https://archive.org/details/arora-david-mushrooms-demystified-a-comprehensive-guide-to-the-fleshy-fungi-ten-speed-press-1986/page/692/mode/2up.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009) (in en). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. pp. 269. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=WevHvt6Tr8kC.
- ↑ ""Matchmaker Mushroom Identification"". 2019. http://s158336089.onlinehome.us/Ian/MatchMaker231HD.htm.
External links
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