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True puffballs Lycoperdales, Basidiomycetes
These do not have a stem, and usually are round to pear-shaped.
The outer peridium does not recurve to form rays like an earthstar. All true
puffballs have powdery glebas (spore masses) at maturity, which range from yellow
to black.
| 103a (102a) | Young puffball cut in half has firm dark purplish spore mass (gleba); skin is often thick | 104 |
| 103b (102a) | Young puffball cut in half has firm white spore mass (gleba); skin is usually thin | 107 |