Puffball ID, please.

[Mr Speckler]

Hi,
I have found this puffball on a couple of walks now and would really like to know what it is. My guess is dusky puffball.







Found on sandy acid soil amongst heather, bracken and bramble. Woodland in SE England.

Thanks for your Help.
Colin

[flaxton]

Colin
Thats what you have found.

Mal

[KeenTeen17]

yep. indeed it is!


I saw one on the dunes a few weeks back

[fairplay]

KT,

When you say you saw a L.nigrescens in the ''Dunes'' is the photo you posted, the fungi in question ?

It is difficult to work out the size, but it seems large to me, so this maybe Lycoperdon utriforme, but the more I look at it the more uncertain I become.

The problem is, you mentioned you found it in dunes, so it is possible this could be a very scarce Lycoperdon caudatum but this is supposed to be confined to Southern Scotland (and is also smaller)

Just worth thinking about.

Neil.

[KeenTeen17]

yeah it was on mature dunes growing with storksbills and houndstongue. It was a pretty big specimen

[flaxton]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

yeah it was on mature dunes growing with storksbills and houndstongue. It was a pretty big specimen

In that case KT I think Neils suggestion was right L. utriforme

Mal