Long-spined Puffball

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Lycoperdon pulcherrimum

Long-spined Puffball, a reference photo
Photo: William Tanneberger (William) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Lycoperdon pulcherrimum, commonly known as the long-spined puffball, is a type of puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon. It was first described scientifically in 1873 by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Long-spined Puffball being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Lycoperdaceae
Species
Lycoperdon pulcherrimum

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