Apioperdon pyriforme (Schaeff.) Vizzini
(Stump Puffball)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesApioperdon pyriforme (Stump Puffball)
GenusApioperdon (stump puffballs)
FamilyAGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Apioperdon pyriforme (Stump Puffball) :
1: Apioperdon pyriforme (Stump Puffball)
28 Sep 2004 OSGR: SX76 50° 30’ N, 3° 50’ W Vice County: South Devon (VC 3) England
numerous fruitbodies on two old moss-covered fallen branches, under Sycamore
Image 1: Close-upImage 2: In situImage 3: In situ - close-upImage 4: Surface ornamentation - enlargedImage 5: Surface ornamentation - enlarged (2)Image 6: Surface ornamentation - enlarged (3)Image 7: Surface ornamentation - magnified
2: Apioperdon pyriforme (Stump Puffball)
23 Dec 1971 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
old fruitbodies on base of trunk
Image 1: Close-upImage 2: In situ
3: Apioperdon pyriforme (Stump Puffball)
28 Sep 1968 OSGR: TQ31 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
young fruitbodies on log
Image 1: In situ

Apioperdon pyriforme (Stump Puffball) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Apioperdon pyriforme (Stump Puffball)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Apioperdon pyriforme (Stump Puffball)
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