Lycoperdon is a genus of puffball mushrooms. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 50 species.[2] In general, it contains the smaller species such as the pear-shaped puffball and the gem-studded puffball. It was formerly classified within the now-obsolete order Lycoperdales, as the type genus which, following a restructuring of fungal taxonomy brought about by molecular phylogeny, has been split. Lycoperdon is now placed in the family Agaricaceae of the order Agaricales.
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| Lycoperdon perlatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Lycoperdon |
| Type species | |
| Lycoperdon perlatum Pers. (1794)
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The scientific name has been created with Greek words (lycos meaning wolf and perdomai meaning to fart)[citation needed] and based on several European dialects in which the mushroom name sounds like wolf-farts.
Most species are edible, ranging from mild to tasting distinctly of shrimp.
Species
edit- Lycoperdon caudatum (Syn. Lycoperdon pedicellatum) J.Schröt.
- Lycoperdon curtisii
- Lycoperdon echinatum Pers.
- Lycoperdon ericaceum (Syn. Lycoperdon muscorum)
- Lycoperdon ericaceum, var. subareolatum
- Lycoperdon lambinonii Demoulin 1972
- Lycoperdon lividum (Syn. Lycoperdon spadiceum) Pers. 1809
- Lycoperdon mammiforme Pers. 1801
- Lycoperdon marginatum (Syn. Lycoperdon candidum) Vittadini
- Lycoperdon molle
- Lycoperdon nigrescens (Syn. Lycoperdon foetidum) Bonord
- Lycoperdon norvegicum Demoulin 1971
- Lycoperdon ovoidisporum[3]
- Lycoperdon perlatum (Syn. Lycoperdon gemmatum)
- Lycoperdon pratense
- Lycoperdon pyriforme Schaeff. 1774
- Lycoperdon pulcherrimum Berk. & M.A. Curtis
- Lycoperdon rupicola[4]
- Lycoperdon subincarnatum
- Lycoperdon subumbrinum[4]
- Lycoperdon umbrinum
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Synonymy: Lycoperdon Pers". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ Cortez VG, Baseia IG, Silveira RMB (2011). "Lycoperdon ovoidisporum sp. nov. from Brazil" (PDF). Sydowia. 63 (1): 1–7.
- ^ a b Jeppson M, Larsson E, Martín M (2012). "Lycoperdon rupicola and L. subumbrinum: two new puffballs from Europe". Mycological Progress. 11 (4): 887–97. Bibcode:2012MycPr..11..887J. doi:10.1007/s11557-011-0804-8. S2CID 14125853.
External links
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Media related to Lycoperdon at Wikimedia Commons- Smith, Alexander H. (1951). Puffballs and their allies in Michigan. University of Michigan Press.
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