Lycoperdon umbrinum Pers.
(Umber-brown Puffball)

Interactions where Lycoperdon umbrinum is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with			PINOPSIDA	conifers		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Lycoperdon umbrinum/	Lycoperdon umbrinum	umber-brown puffball				fruitbody	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with			Picea	spruces	Pinales: Pinaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Lycoperdon umbrinum/	Lycoperdon umbrinum	umber-brown puffball				fruitbody	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/	Picea	spruces					Major

Lycoperdon umbrinum (Umber-brown Puffball) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Lycoperdon umbrinum (Umber-brown Puffball) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Author & Year	Title	Source
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Lycoperdon umbrinum (Umber-brown Puffball)
Genus	Lycoperdon (puffballs)
Family	AGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, agaric)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Lycoperdon umbrinum is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lycoperdon umbrinum (Umber-brown Puffball)

Lycoperdon umbrinum (Umber-brown Puffball) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Lycoperdon
(puffballs)

AGARICACEAE
(mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, agaric)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lycoperdon umbrinum (Umber-brown Puffball):

Lycoperdon
(puffballs)

AGARICACEAE
(mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, agaric)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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