Puffball

A puffball is the common name for several groups of fungi in the division Basidiomycota. Puffballs include the genera of  Calvatia, Calbovista and Lycoperdon. 

All false puffballs are inedible, as they are tough and bitter to taste. The genus Scleroderma, which has a young purple gleba, should be avoided.

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Category:Mushrooms