Summary ⁷

Lycoperdon pyriforme, commonly known as the pear-shaped puffball or stump puffball, is a saprobic fungus present throughout much of the world. Emerging in autumn, this puffball is common and abundant on decaying logs of both deciduous and coniferous wood. It is considered a choice edible when still immature and the inner flesh is white.

Associations ⁸

Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Lycoperdon pyriforme is saprobic on dead, decaying wood of Broadleaved trees
Other: major host/prey

Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Lycoperdon pyriforme is saprobic on dead, decaying wood of Pinopsida
Other: minor host/prey

Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Lycoperdon pyriforme is saprobic on dead, stem of Dryopteris filix-mas
Other: unusual host/prey

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More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Mushroom Observer
• SEINet Symbiota portals

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