| Phylum: Basidiomycota | Class: Basidiomycetes |
| Order: Lycoperdales | Family: Lycoperdaceae |
| Species: Lycoperdon lividum Pers. | |
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Lycoperdon spadiceum |
| Common Name: | Grassland Puffball |
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Photographer: © Peter Lyons |
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| Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Erica cinerea (1) Poa (1) Poaceae (1) |
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| Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Coastland: grey dunes (6) Coastland: fore dunes (2) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2) Sand-dune (2) Acid grassland (1) Coastland: yellow dunes (1) Grassland: calcareous, lowland (1) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1) Neutral grassland (1) Sand-dune: dune slack (1) Scrub (1) |
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| Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Grassy (12) Soil (4) Soil Mossy (1) |
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| Months recorded in & number of records: July (1) August (3) September (2) October (9) November (5) |
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