Genus

Lycoperdon

Lycoperdon molle. Photo: (c) Leslie Flint, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Lycoperdon is a genus of puffball mushrooms. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 50 species. In general, it contains the smaller species such as the pear-shaped puffball and the gem-studded puffball. It was formerly classified within the now-obsolete order Lycoperdales, as the type genus which, following a restructuring of fungal taxonomy brought about by molecular phylogeny, has been split. Lycoperdon is now placed in the family Agaricaceae of the order Agaricales.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Agaricomycetes
        Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
        Order: Agaricales (Common gilled mushrooms and allies)
        Suborder: Agaricineae
        Family: Lycoperdaceae (Puffballs)
        Genus: Lycoperdon
        Species: Lycoperdon perlatum (Common puffball)
        Species: Lycoperdon echinatum (Spiny puffball)
        Species: Lycoperdon curtisii (Curtis’s puffball)
        Species: Lycoperdon umbrinum (Umber-brown puffball)
        Species: Lycoperdon molle (Smooth puffball)
        Species: Lycoperdon nigrescens (Dusky puffball)
        Species: Handkea fumosa (Smoky puffball)
        Species: Lycoperdon pratense (Meadow puffball)
        Species: Lycoperdon marginatum (Peeling puffball)

Subtaxa

Species: Lycoperdon perlatum (Common puffball)

Species: Lycoperdon echinatum (Spiny puffball)

Species: Lycoperdon curtisii (Curtis’s puffball)

Species: Lycoperdon umbrinum (Umber-brown puffball)

Species: Lycoperdon molle (Smooth puffball)

Species: Lycoperdon nigrescens (Dusky puffball)

Species: Handkea fumosa (Smoky puffball)

Species: Lycoperdon pratense (Meadow puffball)

Species: Lycoperdon marginatum (Peeling puffball)

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