Pratum puffball (Lycoperdon depressum)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Classis: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Ordo: Agaricales (Agaric vel Lamellar)
- Family: Agaricaceae (Champignon)
- Genus: Lycoperdon (Raincoat)
- Type: Lycoperdon palustre (pratum puffball)
- Vascellum ager (Vascellum simulatio)
- Vascellum prati (Depressus vas)
- ager quopiam (Lycoperdon palustris)
Descriptio externa
Corpus fructiferum rotundatum, 2—4 cm in diametro, versus basin leviter attenuatum, primum album, dein flavum, sub maturitate olivae-brunneum fiens. In summo perforatum est ad sporis temerandi. Crus brevis. Firma caro leni sapore. Sporae sporae olivae brunneae.
Edibility
Dum albus, fungus editur.
Habitat
Crescit in campis, pascuis, pratis.
Season
Aestas – autumnus sero.
Similes species
Similia aliis paenulis parvis.