Puffballs and Related Fungi (Earthstars and Bird's Nest Fungi) Photo Gallery by larose forest photos at pbase.com

Puffballs and Related Fungi (Earthstars and Bird's Nest Fungi)

Puffballs are a type of fungus featuring a ball-shaped fruit body that (when mature) bursts on contact or impact, releasing a cloud of dust-like spores into the surrounding area. Puffballs belong to the division Basidiomycota and encompass several genera, including Calvatia, Calbovista and Lycoperdon.[Wikipedia}

Common earthball (Scleroderma citrinum)	Bird's nest fungi	Bird's nest fungi
Bird's nest fungi	Bird's nest fungi	Bird's nest fungi
Bird's nest fungi (Cyathus)	Bird's nest fungi	Bird's nest fungi (Cyathus)
Bird's nest fungi (Cyathus)	Bird's nest fungi (Cyathus)	Bird's nest fungi (Cyathus)
Bird's nest fungi (Cyathus)	Bird's nest fungi, poss. Cyathus sp.	Bird's nest fungi
Bird's nest fungi	Bird's nest fungi	Bird's nest fungi (Nidularia pulvinata)
Bird's nest fungi (Nidularia pulvinata)	Bird's nest fungi	cannonball fungi (Sphaerobolus stellatus)
Earth star (Geastrum)	Earthstar fungi (Astraeus sp.?)	Earth star fungus (Astraeus) sp.?)
Earth star (Astraeus sp.?)	Earth star fungus (Geastrum)	Earth star fungi (Geastrum)
Earthstar (Geastrum sp.)	Earth star (Geastrum sp.)	Beaked earthstar fungus (Geastrum pectinatum)
Common Puffballs (Lycoperdaceae)	Puffballs (Scleroderma citrinum)	Puffballs (Lycoperdon)
Puffball (Bovista plumbea)	Puffball (Lycoperdon)	Puffball (Lycoperdon)
Puffballs (Lycoperdon)	Puffball (Lycoperdon)	Puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum)
Puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum)	Puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum)	Puffballs (Lycoperdon)
Puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum)	Puffballs (Lycoperdon)	Puffballs (Lycoperdon)
Puffballs (Lycoperdon sp.)	Puffball, possibly gem-studded puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum)	Puffball (Lycoperdon sp.)
Puffballs (Lycoperdon pyriforme)	Puffballs (Lycoperdon sp.)	Puffballs (Morganella pyriforme)
Puffball (Scleroderma)	Puffball (Scleroderma)	Puffball (Scleroderma citrinum)
Puffball (Scleroderma citrinum)	Puffball (Scleroderma citrinum)	Puffballs
Puffball	Puffball	Puffball
Ravenel's stinkhorn fungus emerging (Phallus ravenilii)	Ravenell's stinkhorn	Ravenel's stinkhorn fungus (Phallus ravenilii)
Stinkhorn fungus, possibly Phallus duplicatus	Stinkhorn fungus (Phallus duplicatus)