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Smooth puffball or the soft puffball
Lycoperdon molle
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About
Lycoperdon molle, commonly known as the smooth puffball or the soft puffball, is a type of puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon. It was first described scientifically in 1799 by Dutch mycologist Christiaan Hendrik Persoon. The puffball is edible when the internal flesh is still white.
- Family
- Lycoperdaceae
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- Name
- Lycoperdon molle
- Slug
- lycoperdon-molle
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Lycoperdaceae
- Genus
- Lycoperdon
- Species
- molle
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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