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|image=Lycoperdon pyriforme Sasata scale.jpg
|size=250
|title=Pear-shaped puffball
|texttitle=Pear-shaped puffball
|caption=The pear-shaped puffball (Lycoperdon pyriforme) is a saprobic fungus present throughout much of the world. Emerging in autumn, this puffball is common and abundant on decaying logs of both deciduous and coniferous wood. It is considered a choice edible when still immature and the inner flesh is white.
|credit=Photo: Sasata