Lycoperdon subincarnatum (Ruddy Puffball)
Fruit Body:- 1-3cm Rounded puffball lacking a sterile base i.e. attached directly to the substrate via white myclial threads. Grey-lilac when young becoming brownish, outer surface covered in fine spines forming pyramidal warts that disappear with maturity.
Substrate:- Decomposing wood.
Relatively common. Easily distinguished by its rounded form, grey-purple colouring and lack of sterile base.
Lycoperdon subincarnatum is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | South Coast
Species information
- Lycoperdon subincarnatum Scientific name
- Ruddy Puffball Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Machine learning
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Synonyms
Morganella subincarnata
Location information
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Maps
Black Mountain
