Vascellum

Notes

Small puffballs found on soil, with a distinct cellular sterile base, plus a distinct skin-like membrane (diaphragm) separating the spore mass from the base.
There is a single species reported from New Zealand.

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Vascellum pratense

Showing the characteristic sterile base and irregular apical pore. Often found in lawns and pasture in association with Bovista plumbea.
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