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Puffballs
Rounded fruiting bodies that become dry at maturity, releasing spores through cracks or a hole (ostiole) that develops as the puffball grows. With or without a stalk to support the fruiting body
| 102a (87a) | Round to pear shaped, powdery surface at maturity; without a stalk - true puffballs | 103 |
| 102b (87a) | Round to pear shaped on a distinctive stalk - stalked puffballs | 115 |
| 102c (87a) | Resembling a puffball or an immature mushroom that never opens; may be brittle or tough at maturity but never powdery - false puffballs | 120 |