Lycoperdon

Notes

Smallish puffballs found on soil, characterised by a cellular sterile base, a broad stalk of tissue which lacks spores and within which are chambers (cells) visible under the hand lens.
There are 4 species reported from New Zealand.

 

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Lycoperdon perlatum

Common in native forests, often fruiting in large clumps.