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Lycoperdon echinatum Pers., 1797 (Spiny Or Hedgehog Puffball)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Lycoperdon echinatum Fruitbody 7 October 2001 East Gloucestershire England 3 3 7

Suggested Literature

Lycoperdon echinatum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
LYCOPERDACEAE
(puffballs)
Lycoperdon
(a genus of puffballs)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Lycoperdon echinatum is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Betula - birches (Betulaceae) fruitbody is associated with Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [esp. calcareous soil]
Photos fruitbody Corylus - hazels (Betulaceae) fruitbody is associated with Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [esp. calcareous soil]
Photos fruitbody Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) fruitbody is associated with Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [esp. calcareous soil]
Photos fruitbody Quercus - oaks (Fagaceae) fruitbody is associated with Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [esp. calcareous soil]
Photos fruitbody Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees fruitbody is associated with Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [esp. calcareous soil]
Photos fruitbody Pinopsida - conifers fruitbody is associated with Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [esp. calcareous soil]
Photos fruitbody Larix - larches (Pinaceae) fruitbody is associated with Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [esp. calcareous soil]
Photos fruitbody Pinus - pines (Pinaceae) fruitbody is associated with Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [esp. calcareous soil]

Associated with Lycoperdon echinatum:

Lycoperdon echinatum may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

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

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