BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Handkea utriformis (Bull.) Pers., 1989 (Mosaic Puffball)
| Notes (MWS) | The Mosaic Puffball is a large puffball with a diameter of 5-15cm. The large cup-shaped sterile bases may persist for a year or more. Mostly unfertilized grasslands including dunes on acid to neutral soils. Widely distributed and relatively common but local. |
| British records | 1030 |
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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| Handkea utriformis | Fruitbody | 9 October 2006 | Stafford | England | 5 | ||
| Handkea utriformis | Fruitbody | 19 October 1999 | Berks | England | 4 | 1 | |
| Handkea utriformis | Fruitbody | 5 October 1998 | Berks | England | 7 | 4 | |
| Handkea utriformis | Fruitbody | 29 October 1977 | North Hampshire | England | 2 |
Suggested Literature
Handkea utriformis may be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Handkea utriformis is associated with:
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fruitbody | Poaceae - grasses - formerly Graminae | fruitbody is associated with short, live | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on neutral to acidic soil in unimproved grassland] |
Associated with Handkea utriformis:
Handkea utriformis may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
BASIDIOMYCETES (spore droppers) |
AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools) |
References
| Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota |
