Vascellum pratense

Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Lycoperdaceae
Species: Vascellum pratense (Pers.) Kreisel

Synonyms:

Lycoperdon depressum
Lycoperdon hiemale
Lycoperdon pratense
Vascellum depressum

Common Name:

Meadow Puffball




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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Poa (1) Populus (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Acid grassland (15) Calcareous grassland (4) Acid grassland: semi-improved (3) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (3) Coastland: grey dunes (3) Sand-dune (3) Sand-dune: dune grassland (3) Acid grassland: unimproved (2) Built-up areas (2) Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (2) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (2) Neutral grassland (2) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2) Sand-dune: dune slack (2) Bare ground (1) Cultivated/disturbed land: amenity grassland (1) Festuca ovina - Agrostis capillaris-Thymus praecox grassland (1) Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (1) Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1) Grassland: calcareous, unimproved, upland (1) Maritime cliff and slope (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Mire: blanket bog (1) Neutral grassland: unimproved (1) Other artificial habitats (1) Poor semi-improved (1) Sand-dune: open dune (1) Scrub (1) Scrub: scattered (1) Small parks and city squares (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Dung (1) Grass (1) Soil (1) Soil Grassy (1) Soil Mossy (1) Soil sandy (1) Stony (1)
Months recorded in & number of records: January (6) February (1) May (1) June (1) July (4) August (18) September (10) October (31) November (23) December (1)