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Puff Balls

Puff Balls

Puff Balls
Puff Balls
Photographer - Bruce Fuhrer

Lycopeerdon pyriforme

The pear shaped 'puff balls' tend to grow in clumps.

Young specimens are covered with conical warts which fall off with age.

Older specimens are brown and smooth, spores are discharged through an apical hole.

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