Pear-Shaped Puffball
Lycoperdon pyriforme
Family: Lycoperdaceae
Also called: Pear-Shaped Puffball, Stump Puffball, Wolf-Fart Puffball
Overview
Cluster-fruiting puffball on dead wood and stumps. Edible while pure white inside; mediocre.
Edibility
Edible
Rarity
common
Trophic mode
saprotrophic
Typical peak
Sep–Oct
Season
Sep–Nov — typical fruiting months: Aug, Sep, Oct.
Host trees & substrate
- Decaying oak wood and forest litter
- Decaying beech wood and forest litter
- Decaying maple wood and forest litter
Where it grows
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