Пуффбалл (Лицопердон ецхинатум) фотографија и опис

Puffball (Lycoperdon echinatum)

Екстерни опис

Obverse pear-shaped, ovoid, spherical, tuberous fruiting body, hemispherical, thinning downwards, forming a thick and short stump that goes into the soil with thin root-like hyphae. Its top is densely dotted with flabbies, spines pressed closely together, which give the appearance of a hedgehog mushroom. Tiny spines are placed in a ring, surrounding a larger spike. The spines easily fall off, exposing a smooth surface. Young mushrooms have white flesh, in older ones it becomes a greenish-brown spore powder. In the center of full maturation, a round hole appears, from where spores spill out, “dusting” through the upper opening part of the shell. The fruit body can change color from white to light brown. At first, dense and white pulp, which later becomes a powdery red-brown color.

Јестивост

Edible as long as it remains white. Rare mushroom! Prickly puffball is edible at a young age, belongs to the fourth category. The mushroom is consumed boiled and dried.

Станиште

This mushroom is found in small groups or singly, mainly in moorlands, deciduous forests, on calcareous soils – in mountainous and hilly areas.

сезона

Летња јесен.