Lycoperdon utriforme Bull.
(Mosaic Puffball)

Interactions where Lycoperdon utriforme is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction 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 short, live POACEAE grasses, couch Poales 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 utriforme/Lycoperdon utriformemosaic puffballfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchshort, live

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Lycoperdon utriforme (Mosaic Puffball) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lycoperdon utriforme (Mosaic Puffball) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLycoperdon utriforme (Mosaic Puffball)
GenusLycoperdon (puffballs)
FamilyAGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lycoperdon utriforme (Mosaic Puffball)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Pegler, D.N., Laessoe, T. & Spooner, B.M. 1995 British Puffballs, Earthstars & Stinkhorns 255pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Lycoperdon utriforme (Mosaic Puffball) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lycoperdon utriforme (Mosaic Puffball):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 23 images of Lycoperdon utriforme (Mosaic Puffball)

The Mosaic Puffball is a large puffball with a diameter of 5-15cm. The large cup-shaped sterile bases may persist for a year or more. Mostly unfertilized grasslands including dunes on acid to neutral soils. Widely distributed and relatively common but local.

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