Lycoperdon radicatum is a species of puffball mushroom, also called rooting puffball, in the family Agaricaceae. It was described in 1848 by French botanists Michel Charles Durieu de Maisonneuve and Camille Montagne in Algeria.[2] Due to its Bovista-like capillitium it was previously placed in the genus Bovistella.[3] It is nonpoisonous.[4] It is easily recognised by its 4-8 cm rigid, white-gray pseudoroot.[5]

Lycoperdon radicatum
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L. radicatum
Binomial name
Lycoperdon radicatum
Durieu & Mont. (1848)
Synonyms[1]

Bovistella radicata (Durieu & Mont.) Pat. (1889)
Bovista radicata (Durieu & Mont.) Vassilkov (1954)

Lycoperdon radicatum
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Glebal hymenium
Lacks a stipe
Spore print is brown
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is edible or inedible

Its cylindrical fruiting body is up to 10 cm in size, and is white when young with a pyramidal warts, becoming yellow-tan, and gray-brown in age. At maturity, it develops a large tear at its apex. The spore mass also changes colour when it ages; initially it is white, and then becomes yellowish and finally, brown.[6] The spores are round to ellipsoid, warted, and 4-5 x 3-4.5 μm in size. [5]

Lycoperdon radicatum is found in grassy areas, pastures and in acidic soils in open woods. It is considered endangered in Sweden. [7]

References

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  1. ^ "Species synonymy: Lycoperdon radicatum Durieu & Mont". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  2. ^ Bory de St.-Vincent, Durieu de Maisonneuve MC. (eds.) (1848). Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie (in French). Vol. 1–10. Paris. pp. 361–400. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ Reid, D. A. (1953). "Bovistella radicata (Mont.) Pat. A Gasteromycete New to Britain". Kew Bulletin. 8 (1): 47–48. doi:10.2307/4117155. ISSN 0075-5974.
  4. ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuides. p. 449. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
  5. ^ a b Labbé, Roland (March 2023). "Lycoperdon radicatum". MycoQuebec. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  6. ^ "Maryland Biodiversity Project - Lycoperdon radicatum". www.marylandbiodiversity.com. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  7. ^ "Lycoperdon radicatum Durieu & Mont". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
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