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English Names Relating To Common Fungi > Puffballs And Earthballs > Flashcards

Puffballs And Earthballs Flashcards

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Scaly earthball

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Scleroderma verrucosum
verrucosum - warty / scaly

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Leopard earthball

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Scleroderma areolatum
Areolatum - with angular markings

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Common earthball

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Scleroderma citrinum
Citrinum - lemmon yellow

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Potato earthball

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Scleroderma bovista
Bovista - puff ball shaped

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Grey puffball

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Bovista plumbea
Plumbea - lead grey

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Brown puffball

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Bovista nigrescens
Nigrescens - becoming black

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Stump puffball

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Apioperdon pyriforme
Pyriforme - pear shaped

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Common puffball

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Lycoperdon perlatum
Perlatum - very widespread

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Dusky puffball

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Lycoperdon nigrescens
Nigresens - becoming black

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Spiny puffball

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Lycoperdon echinatum
Echinatus - spikes like a hedeghog

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Soft puffball

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Lycoperdon molle
Mollus - soft

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Grassland puffball

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Lycoperdon lividum
Lividum - lead coloured

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Meadow puffball

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Lycoperdon pratense
Pratense - pertaining to meadows

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Mosaic puffball

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Lycoperdon utriforme
Utriforme - shaped like a bladder

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Pestle puffball

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Lycoperdon excipuliforme
Excipuliforme - truncheon shaped

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Giant puffball

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Langermannia gigantea
Gigantea - gigantic

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Scleroderma verrucosum

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Scaly earthball

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Scleroderma areolatum

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Leopard earthball

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Scleroderma citrinum

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Common earthball

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Scleroderma bovista

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Potato earthball

21
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Bovista plumbea

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Grey puffball

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Bovista nigrescens

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Brown puffball

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Apioperdon pyriforme

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Stump puffball

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Lycoperdon perlatum

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Common puffball

25
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Lycoperdon nigrescens

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Dusky puffball

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Lycoperdon echinatum

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Spiny puffball

27
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Lycoperdon molle

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Soft puffball

28
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Lycoperdon lividum

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Grassland puffball

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Lycoperdon pratense

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Meadow puffball

30
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Lycoperdon utriforme

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Mosaic puffball

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Lycoperdon excipuliforme

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Pestle puffball

32
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Langermannia gigantea

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Giant puffball

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