Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Lycoperdales Family: Lycoperdaceae
Species: Handkea excipuliformis (Scop.) Kreisel
Synonyms: Calvatia excipuliformis
Calvatia saccata
Lycoperdon elatum
Lycoperdon excipuliforme
Lycoperdon polymorphum var. excipuliforme
Lycoperdon saccatum
Common Name: Pestle Puffball
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Handkea excipuliformisPhotographer: © Ronnie Irvine
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus (4)
Taxus baccata (2)
Picea abies (1)
Prunus laurocerasus (1)
Pseudotsuga menziesii (1)
Quercus petraea (1)
Quercus robur (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: mixed (13)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (11)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (6)
Woodland (5)
Woodland: broadleaved (5)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (5)
Built up area, domestic (4)
Parkland and scattered trees (4)
Neutral grassland (3)
Scrub: scattered (2)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (1)
Marginal/inundation: marginal (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Sand-dune: open dune (1)
Woodland and scrub (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Woodland: coniferous (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Woodland: plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (17)
Soil Grassy (9)
Soil bare (6)
Branch (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Stony (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
February (1)
May (2)
July (10)
August (1)
September (11)
October (26)
November (12)