Stump Puffball
Taken at Dalzell Estate on 10th October 2023 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode Fact File

Taken at Strathclyde Park on 9th October 2023 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. Fact File

Taken at Tyninghame Bay on 2nd October 2022 using Panasonic Lumix TZ70
in macro mode.		 Fact File

Stump Puffball.
Species:

Order:
Family: 		Apioperdon pyriforme. Previously: Lycoperdon pyriforme.
                                       Transferred to  Apioperdon in 2017
Agaricales.
Lycoperdaceae.
Habitat:
Cap Diameter:
Stem:
Season:
Edibility:

Feature:
 		Woods, heathland and in short grass.
1.5 - 4 cms.
3 - 4 cms.
Autumn - Winter.
A choice edible when still immature and the inner flesh is white.
Caution should be used as the similar-looking Scleroderma citrinum and other species of Scleroderma are inedible.
The old genus name Lycoperdon literally means 'wolf's flatulence' 
We'll leave it there.

When picking any fungus for consumption, caution should be exercised at all times.