Fungi
Puffballs & the like
Other puffballs, etc (& the unknowns)
Sighting 4075597

zz puffball

Hughes, ACT

zz puffball at Hughes, ACT - 20 Dec 2018
zz puffball at Hughes, ACT - 20 Dec 2018
zz puffball at Hughes, ACT - 20 Dec 2018
zz puffball at Hughes, ACT - 20 Dec 2018
zz puffball at Hughes, ACT - 20 Dec 2018
zz puffball at Hughes, ACT - 20 Dec 2018
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Identification history

zz puffball 5 Feb 2019 Heino1
Unidentified 23 Dec 2018 JackyF

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User's notes

Lots of little puffball fungus fruiting bodies on compacted track after the rain

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Heino1 wrote:
   5 Feb 2019
Perhaps Bovista.

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Rhipidura albiscapa (Grey Fantail) at Hughes, ACT - 5 Oct 2018 by BIrdsinCanberra

Rhipidura albiscapa

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Clematis leptophylla (Small-leaf Clematis, Old Man's Beard) at Hughes, ACT - 1 Sep 2018 by JackyF

Clematis leptophylla

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Cryptandra amara (Bitter Cryptandra) at Hughes, ACT - 19 Aug 2018 by KL

Cryptandra amara

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Trametes (old Pycnoporus sp.) (Scarlet Bracket) at Hughes, ACT - 8 Aug 2018 by JackyF

Trametes (old Pycnoporus sp.)

JackyF
Chenonetta jubata (Australian Wood Duck) at Hughes, ACT - 5 Aug 2018 by KL

Chenonetta jubata

KL
Chenonetta jubata (Australian Wood Duck) at Hughes, ACT - 1 Jul 2018 by JackyF

Chenonetta jubata

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Ptilonorhynchus violaceus (Satin Bowerbird) at Hughes, ACT - 12 May 2018 by JackyF

Ptilonorhynchus violaceus

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Corvus coronoides (Australian Raven) at Hughes, ACT - 24 Apr 2018 by JackyF

Corvus coronoides

JackyF
Pisolithus sp. (Pisolithus) at Hughes, ACT - 3 Apr 2018 by JackyF

Pisolithus sp.

JackyF
Bursaria spinosa (Native Blackthorn, Sweet Bursaria) at Hughes, ACT - 2 Feb 2018 by JackyF

Bursaria spinosa

JackyF
Bossiaea buxifolia (Matted Bossiaea) at Hughes, ACT - 10 Jan 2018 by KL

Bossiaea buxifolia

KL
Eryngium ovinum (Blue Devil) at Hughes, ACT - 9 Jan 2017 by KL

Eryngium ovinum

KL
Clematis leptophylla (Small-leaf Clematis, Old Man's Beard) at Hughes, ACT - 8 Sep 2016 by JackyF

Clematis leptophylla

JackyF
Swainsona monticola (Notched Swainson-Pea) at Federal Golf Course - 28 Nov 2001 by BettyDonWood

Swainsona monticola

BettyDonWood
Rhipidura albiscapa (Grey Fantail) at Hughes, ACT - 5 Oct 2018 by BIrdsinCanberra
Clematis leptophylla (Small-leaf Clematis, Old Man's Beard) at Hughes, ACT - 1 Sep 2018 by JackyF
Cryptandra amara (Bitter Cryptandra) at Hughes, ACT - 19 Aug 2018 by KL
Trametes (old Pycnoporus sp.) (Scarlet Bracket) at Hughes, ACT - 8 Aug 2018 by JackyF
Chenonetta jubata (Australian Wood Duck) at Hughes, ACT - 5 Aug 2018 by KL
Chenonetta jubata (Australian Wood Duck) at Hughes, ACT - 1 Jul 2018 by JackyF
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus (Satin Bowerbird) at Hughes, ACT - 12 May 2018 by JackyF
Corvus coronoides (Australian Raven) at Hughes, ACT - 24 Apr 2018 by JackyF
Pisolithus sp. (Pisolithus) at Hughes, ACT - 3 Apr 2018 by JackyF
Bursaria spinosa (Native Blackthorn, Sweet Bursaria) at Hughes, ACT - 2 Feb 2018 by JackyF
Bossiaea buxifolia (Matted Bossiaea) at Hughes, ACT - 10 Jan 2018 by KL
Eryngium ovinum (Blue Devil) at Hughes, ACT - 9 Jan 2017 by KL
Clematis leptophylla (Small-leaf Clematis, Old Man's Beard) at Hughes, ACT - 8 Sep 2016 by JackyF
Swainsona monticola (Notched Swainson-Pea) at Federal Golf Course - 28 Nov 2001 by BettyDonWood

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Location information

Sighting information

  • 16 - 100 Abundance
  • 20 Dec 2018 07:44 PM Recorded on
  • JackyF Recorded by

Species information

  • zz puffball Scientific name
  • Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 990.3m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
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