Lycoperdon

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.

Contents

• Slugs vs the stump puffball fungus lycoperdon pyriforme
• Ground beetle carabidae feeding on lycoperdon fungus
• Species
• References

The name comes from lycos meaning wolf and perdon meaning to break wind; thus the name literally means wolf-farts.