Mosaic Puffball - Lycoperdon utriforme
A large grassland species with a short wide stem. The puffball is covered in warty scales that wear off to show a brown skin. Eventualy the top part disintegrates to show the brown spore mass.
The name 'mosaic puffball' is misleading; many species in this family of puffballs have a mosaic pattern once the surface spines or warts have rubbed off.
The Pestle Puffball Lycoperdon excipuliforme has a longer stem
Photograph in habitat, giving an indication of size; provide close-up photo of the surface of the puffball. Note habitat.
Grassland
Autumn
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Dunham
Charity Fields, Desford
26 April 2024
David Dunham
Charity Fields, Desford
25 October 2024
David Dunham
Charity Fields, Desford
26 April 2024 Mosaic Puffball (Handkea utriformis) Site of 'The Limes' Sapcote SP 4809 9340 (taken 9.5.2010),.JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
09 May 2010
det. R Iliffe.
 Mosaic Puffball (Handkea utriformis) Site of 'The Limes' Sapcote SP 4809 9340 (taken 9.5.2010),.JPG)
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Species profile
- Common names
- Mosaic Puffball
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Lycoperdaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 09/05/2010 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 25/10/2024 (David Dunham)
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