Lycoperdon molle Pers. is a fungus in the Lycoperdaceae family, order Agaricales, kingdom Fungi. Not known to be toxic.

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Lycoperdon molle Pers.

Lycoperdon molle Pers.

Lycoperdon molle is an edible puffball mushroom first scientifically described in 1799 by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon.

Family
Genus
Lycoperdon
Order
Agaricales
Class
Agaricomycetes

About Lycoperdon molle Pers.

Lycoperdon molle Pers. is commonly called the smooth puffball or the soft puffball. It is a species of puffball mushroom that belongs to the genus Lycoperdon. This species was first given a formal scientific description in 1799 by Dutch mycologist Christiaan Hendrik Persoon. It is edible when its internal flesh remains white.

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Taxonomy

Fungi Basidiomycota Agaricomycetes Agaricales Lycoperdaceae Lycoperdon

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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