Common puffball
Lycoperdon perlatum Pers.
Description
A white pear shape covered in small conical warts, common in woods. It turns brown with age.
Curiosity
Once mature, each raindrop puffs a cloud of spores out through its pore.
Mistaken for
- Amanita phalloides — Deadly
- Scleroderma citrinum — Poisonous
