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Common Name:
Gem-studded Puffball

Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Subphylum: Agaricomycotina
Class: Agaricomycetes
Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
Order: Agaricales
Suborder:
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Family: Lycoperdaceae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Species:
Lycoperdon perlatum

Hodges No:

Location:
Prospect Park
Brooklyn, NY
USA
GPS: 40.663647,-73.969359

Date: 8/9/03

Stage:
Sex:
Notes: (Lycoperdon gemmatum is a synonym)

Image at BugGuide:

Lycoperdon perlatum Lycoperdaceae
Gem-studded Puffball
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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