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Lycoperdon

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

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| image = Single lycoperdon perlatum.jpg

| image_caption = Lycoperdon perlatum

| taxon = Lycoperdon

| type_species = Lycoperdon perlatum

| type_species_authority = Pers. (1794)

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| synonyms =

  • Sufa Adans. (1763)
  • Priapus Raf. (1808)
  • Cerophora Raf.(1814)
  • Utraria Quél. (1873)
  • Bovistella Morgan (1892)
  • Calvatiella C.H.Chow (1936)
  • Capillaria Velen. (1947)
  • Handkea Kreisel (1989)
  • Lycoperdon subgen. Bovistella (Morgan) Jeppson & E.Larss. (2008)
  • Lycoperdon subgen. Utraria (Quél.) Jeppson & E.Larss. (2008)

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Lycoperdon is a genus of puffball mushrooms. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 50 species. In general, it contains the smaller species such as the pear-shaped puffball and the gem-studded puffball. It was formerly classified within the now-obsolete order Lycoperdales, as the type genus which, following a restructuring of fungal taxonomy brought about by molecular phylogeny, has been split. Lycoperdon is now placed in the family Agaricaceae of the order Agaricales.

The scientific name has been created with Greek words (lycos meaning wolf and perdomai meaning to fart){{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} and based on several European dialects in which the mushroom name sounds like wolf-farts.

Most species are edible, ranging from mild to tasting distinctly of shrimp.

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References

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{{cite journal |vauthors=Cortez VG, Baseia IG, ((Silveira RMB)) |title=Lycoperdon ovoidisporum sp. nov. from Brazil |journal=Sydowia |year=2011 |volume=63 |issue=1 |pages=1–7 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277370158 |format=PDF}}

{{cite journal |vauthors=Jeppson M, Larsson E, Martín M |title=Lycoperdon rupicola and L. subumbrinum: two new puffballs from Europe |journal=Mycological Progress |year=2012 |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=887–97 |doi=10.1007/s11557-011-0804-8|bibcode=2012MycPr..11..887J |s2cid=14125853 }}

{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |edition=10th |publisher=CAB International |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=394 |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}

{{cite web |title=Synonymy: Lycoperdon Pers. |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=19207 |publisher=Species Fungorum. CAB International |accessdate=2014-07-13}}

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  • {{cite book |url=http://www.hti.umich.edu:80/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=fung1tc;cc=fung1tc;view=toc;idno=AGK0823.0001.001 |title=Puffballs and their allies in Michigan |first=Alexander H. |last=Smith |year=1951 |publisher=University of Michigan Press}}

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Category:Agaricales genera

Category:Agaricaceae

Category:Puffballs

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