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Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Agaricaceae: Lycoperdon radicatum Durieu & Mont.

Lycoperdon radicatum – rooting puffball

Synonyms: Bovista radicata, Bovistella radicata.

Common name: rooting puffball.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Lycoperdon radicatum is a species of puffball mushroom in the family Agaricaceae. It was described in 1848 by French botanists Michel Charles Durieu de Maisonneuve and Camille Montagne. It is nonpoisonous.

Welsh: Coden fwg wreiddiog.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Puffball mushrooms <B>Lycoperdon radicatum</B> (Bovistella radicata)(?) on a recent forest cutting in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-06-24.htm">June 24, 2018</A>
LinkPuffball mushrooms Lycoperdon radicatum (Bovistella radicata)(?) on a recent forest cutting in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 24, 2018
Puffball mushrooms <B>Lycoperdon radicatum</B> (Bovistella radicata)(?) on exposed soil of a recent forest cutting in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-06-24.htm">June 24, 2018</A>
LinkPuffball mushrooms Lycoperdon radicatum (Bovistella radicata)(?) on exposed soil of a recent forest cutting in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 24, 2018
Dissected puffball mushrooms <B>Lycoperdon radicatum</B> (Bovistella radicata)(?) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-06-24.htm">June 24, 2018</A>
LinkDissected puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon radicatum (Bovistella radicata)(?) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 24, 2018
Puffball mushrooms <B>Lycoperdon radicatum</B> (Bovistella radicata) on Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2021-10-13.htm">October 13, 2021</A>
LinkPuffball mushrooms Lycoperdon radicatum (Bovistella radicata) on Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 13, 2021
Location on mapsForest Rd 203, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Dissected puffball mushrooms <B>Lycoperdon radicatum</B> (Bovistella radicata) on Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2021-10-13.htm">October 13, 2021</A>
LinkDissected puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon radicatum (Bovistella radicata) on Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 13, 2021
Location on mapsForest Rd 203, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Cross section of puffball mushrooms <B>Lycoperdon radicatum</B> (Bovistella radicata) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2021-10-13.htm">October 13, 2021</A>
LinkCross section of puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon radicatum (Bovistella radicata) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 13, 2021
Location on mapsForest Rd 203, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Rooting puffball mushrooms (<B>Lycoperdon radicatum</B>) on a grassy path at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2021-12-20.htm">December 20, 2021</A>
LinkRooting puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon radicatum) on a grassy path at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
Location on mapsBurleson County, Texas, United States
Cross section of rooting puffball mushrooms (<B>Lycoperdon radicatum</B>) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2021-12-20.htm">December 20, 2021</A>
LinkCross section of rooting puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon radicatum) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
Location on mapsBurleson County, Texas, United States
Dissected rooting puffball mushroom (<B>Lycoperdon radicatum</B>) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2021-12-20.htm">December 20, 2021</A>
LinkDissected rooting puffball mushroom (Lycoperdon radicatum) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
Location on mapsBurleson County, Texas, United States
Rooting puffball mushrooms (<B>Lycoperdon radicatum</B>) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2024-09-05.htm">September 5, 2024</A>
LinkRooting puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon radicatum) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 5, 2024
Location on mapsIron Bridge Trail, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, United States
Section of rooting puffball mushrooms (<B>Lycoperdon radicatum</B>) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2024-09-05.htm">September 5, 2024</A>
LinkSection of rooting puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon radicatum) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 5, 2024
Section of a mature rooting puffball mushroom (<B>Lycoperdon radicatum</B>) from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2024-09-05.htm">September 5, 2024</A>
LinkSection of a mature rooting puffball mushroom (Lycoperdon radicatum) from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 5, 2024

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