Puffball

Puffball
Lycoperdon umbrinum, commonly known as the umber-brown puffball
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota

A puffball is the common name for several groups of fungi in the division Basidiomycota. Puffballs include the genera of Calvatia, Calbovista and Lycoperdon.^[1]

All false puffballs are inedible, as they are tough and bitter to taste. The genus Scleroderma, which has a young purple gleba, should be avoided.^[2]

1. ↑ Freedman, Louise; Mycological Society of San Francisco (2000) [1987]. "Wild About Mushrooms:Puffballs". Retrieved 2012-09-18.
2. ↑ Miller, Orson K. (1977). Mushrooms of North America. New York, NY: E.P. Dutton Publisher. p. 298. ISBN 0-525-47482-X.