Lycoperdon molle

Lycoperdon molle, commonly known as the smooth puffball[2] or the soft puffball,[3] is a type of puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon. It was first described scientifically in 1799 by Dutch mycologist Christiaan Hendrik Persoon.[4] The puffball is edible when the internal flesh is still white.[3]

Lycoperdon molle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Agaricaceae
Genus:
Lycoperdon
Species:
L. molle
Binomial name
Lycoperdon molle
Pers. (1801)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lycoperdon gemmatum var. furfuraceum Fr. (1829)
  • Lycoperdon gemmatum var. molle (Pers.) De Toni (1888)
Lycoperdon molle
float
Mycological characteristics
glebal hymenium
no distinct cap
hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
lacks a stipe
spore print is olive
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: edible or inedible

References
  1. "Lycoperdon molle Pers". Species Fungorum. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  2. McKnight VB, McKnight KH. (1987). A Field Guide to Mushrooms: North America. Peterson Field Guides. Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin. p. 355. ISBN 978-0-395-91090-0.
  3. Phillips R. (2013). Mushrooms: A comprehensive Guide to Mushroom Identification. Pan Macmillan. p. 328. ISBN 978-1-4472-6402-6.
  4. Persoon CH. (1799). Observationes mycologicae (in Latin). 2. p. 70.


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