Kingdom Fungi Class Agaricomycetes Family Agaricaceae | Division Basidiomycota Order Agaricales Rank Species | |
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Similar Bovista dermoxantha, Limacella glischra, Lactarius aspideoides, Lactarius affinis, Laetiporus huroniensis | ||
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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