Umber-Brown Puffball
Lycoperdon umbrinum
Family: Lycoperdaceae
Also called: Umber-Brown Puffball, Smoky Puffball
Overview
Small brown puffball of conifer duff. 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 pine wood and forest litter
- Decaying hemlock wood and forest litter
Where it grows
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