Species

Lycoperdon curtisii (Curtis’s puffball)

Lycoperdon curtisii. Photo: (c) katjustis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Lycoperdon curtisii is a type of puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon. It was first described scientifically in 1859 by Miles Joseph Berkeley. Vascellum curtisii, published by Hanns Kreisel in 1963, is a synonym. Its fruit bodies (puffballs) have been recorded growing in fairy rings.

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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 curtisii (Curtis’s puffball)

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