Puffballs And Earthballs

Question 1

Scaly earthball

Answer 1

Scleroderma verrucosum
verrucosum - warty / scaly

Question 2

Leopard earthball

Answer 2

Scleroderma areolatum
Areolatum - with angular markings

Question 3

Common earthball

Answer 3

Scleroderma citrinum
Citrinum - lemmon yellow

Question 4

Potato earthball

Answer 4

Scleroderma bovista
Bovista - puff ball shaped

Question 5

Grey puffball

Answer 5

Bovista plumbea
Plumbea - lead grey

Question 6

Brown puffball

Answer 6

Bovista nigrescens
Nigrescens - becoming black

Question 7

Stump puffball

Answer 7

Apioperdon pyriforme
Pyriforme - pear shaped

Question 8

Common puffball

Answer 8

Lycoperdon perlatum
Perlatum - very widespread

Question 9

Dusky puffball

Answer 9

Lycoperdon nigrescens
Nigresens - becoming black

Question 10

Spiny puffball

Answer 10

Lycoperdon echinatum
Echinatus - spikes like a hedeghog

Question 11

Soft puffball

Answer 11

Lycoperdon molle
Mollus - soft

Question 12

Grassland puffball

Answer 12

Lycoperdon lividum
Lividum - lead coloured

Question 13

Meadow puffball

Answer 13

Lycoperdon pratense
Pratense - pertaining to meadows

Question 14

Mosaic puffball

Answer 14

Lycoperdon utriforme
Utriforme - shaped like a bladder

Question 15

Pestle puffball

Answer 15

Lycoperdon excipuliforme
Excipuliforme - truncheon shaped

Question 16

Giant puffball

Answer 16

Langermannia gigantea
Gigantea - gigantic

Question 17

Scleroderma verrucosum

Answer 17

Scaly earthball

Question 18

Scleroderma areolatum

Answer 18

Leopard earthball

Question 19

Scleroderma citrinum

Answer 19

Common earthball

Question 20

Scleroderma bovista

Answer 20

Potato earthball

Question 21

Bovista plumbea

Answer 21

Grey puffball

Question 22

Bovista nigrescens

Answer 22

Brown puffball

Question 23

Apioperdon pyriforme

Answer 23

Stump puffball

Question 24

Lycoperdon perlatum

Answer 24

Common puffball

Question 25

Lycoperdon nigrescens

Answer 25

Dusky puffball

Question 26

Lycoperdon echinatum

Answer 26

Spiny puffball

Question 27

Lycoperdon molle

Answer 27

Soft puffball

Question 28

Lycoperdon lividum

Answer 28

Grassland puffball

Question 29

Lycoperdon pratense

Answer 29

Meadow puffball

Question 30

Lycoperdon utriforme

Answer 30

Mosaic puffball

Question 31

Lycoperdon excipuliforme

Answer 31

Pestle puffball

Question 32

Langermannia gigantea

Answer 32

Giant puffball