Lycoperdon perlatum
Gem Studded Puffball at Acton, ACT
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| Lycoperdon perlatum | Heino1 | 21 Apr 2021 |
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Herbarium collection HL6453 at CANB
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21 Apr 2021
The main photo shows a group of mature fruitbodies and the white spots show where the spines have fallen off (see the species' description: https://canberra.naturemapr.org/species/47094). Photo 2 gives a closer view of the apical hole and the pockmarked surface that I mention in that description. Each white 'pockmark' is bounded by a brown line, composed of the very low and more persistent warts. In Photo 3 the spines are fairly obvious on these immature fruitbodies and there's a closer view in Photo 4. Photo 5 shows cross-sections of a mature and an immature fruitbody. The 'foam-packaging' base is clear in the mature fruitbody. If you draw a line between the tips of the arrows, what's on the left would become the spore-producing area in the mature fruitbody. By this stage the fruitbody is no longer homogenous internally, there already being a difference in texture between the tissues to the left and the right of that line.
21 Apr 2021
Other sightings of the same colony are at Lycoperdon perlatum (Gem Studded Puffball) and https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4379069.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108349-35.276938
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 1 Apr 2021 07:32 AM Recorded on
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- Fungi Puffballs & the like Fruitbody walls break away to expose the spores Heino1 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Lycoperdon perlatum
Species information
- Lycoperdon perlatum Scientific name
- Gem Studded Puffball Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 638.2m Recorded at altitude
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