Extract from Wikipedia article: Lycoperdon curtisii is a type of puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon. It was first described scientifically in 1859 by Miles Joseph Berkeley. Vascellum curtisii, published by Hanns Kreisel in 1963, is a synonym. Its fruit bodies (puffballs) have been recorded growing in fairy rings.
Puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) or pulcherrimum(?) on a sandy trail on an island in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, October 2, 2009
Mature puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 27, 2013 Post Oak Trail, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 27, 2013 Post Oak Trail, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) pulcherrimum(?) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 28, 2013 Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Sam Houston National Forest, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Small puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) on a road near power lines in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, September 30, 2013 8181 Mumford Road, Bryan, Texas 77807, United States
Small puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) or pulcherrimum(?) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 2, 2013 Post Oak Trail, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Small puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) or pulcherrimum(?) on sand of Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 2, 2013 Post Oak Trail, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) in Lemontree Park. College Station, Texas, November 4, 2017 Bee Creek, College Station, TX 77840, USA
Puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 21, 2017 Bee Creek, College Station, TX 77840, USA
Puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 12, 2018 Raccoon Run, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii)(?) in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, April 4, 2018 Hensel Park DriveWay, College Station, TX 77840, USA
Small puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 25, 2018 Post Oak Trail, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Small puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2018 Hensel Park DriveWay, College Station, TX 77840, USA
Puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii)(?) on a lawn in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, May 25, 2018 906 Ashburn Ave, College Station, TX 77840, USA
Puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii (Vascellum curtisii) on sandy soil under oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 28, 2018 Iron Bridge Trail, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Young puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii together with Nostoc on a sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 10, 2024 Racoon Run Trail, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, United States
Close-up of a young puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 10, 2024 Racoon Run Trail, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, United States
Tissues of a puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 10, 2024
Basidia(?) of a puffball mushroom Lycoperdon curtisii collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 10, 2024
Puffball mushrooms Vascellum curtisii on a lawn near bushes in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 26, 2024 Anderson Street, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, 77840, United States
Close-up of a puffball mushroom Vascellum curtisii on a lawn near bushes in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 26, 2024 Anderson Street, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, 77840, United States
Cross section of a puffball mushroom Vascellum curtisii on a lawn near bushes in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 26, 2024 Anderson Street, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, 77840, United States
Spores and hyphae (at low magnification) of a puffball mushroom Vascellum curtisii from a lawn, collected in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 26, 2024
Spores and fragments of hyphae (in Congo Red) of a puffball mushroom Vascellum curtisii from a lawn, collected in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 26, 2024
Tissues and spores of puffball mushrooms Vascellum curtisii from a lawn, collected in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 26, 2024