Lycoperdon molle

 Lycoperdon molle, commonly known as the smooth puffball[2] or the soft puffball,[3] is a type of puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon. It was first described scientifically in 1799 by Dutch mycologist Christiaan Hendrik Persoon.[4] The puffball is edible when the internal flesh is still white.[3]

Lycoperdon molle
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Agaricaceae
Genus:
Lycoperdon
Species:
L. molle
Binomial name
Lycoperdon molle
Pers. (1801)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lycoperdon gemmatum var. furfuraceum Fr. (1829)
  • Lycoperdon gemmatum var. molle (Pers.) De Toni (1888)
Lycoperdon molle
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Mycological characteristics
glebal hymenium
no distinct cap
hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
lacks a stipe
spore print is olive
ecology is saprotrophic
 edibility: edible or inedible

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 Metasyntactic variable, which is released under the 
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