Lycoperdon

Lycoperdon is a genus of puffball mushrooms. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 50 species.[2] 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.

Lycoperdon
Lycoperdon perlatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Lycoperdon
Type species
Lycoperdon perlatum
Pers. (1794)
Synonyms[1]
  • 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)

The scientific name has been created with Greek words (lycos meaning wolf and perdon meaning to fart) 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.

Species
  • Lycoperdon caudatum (Syn. Lycoperdon pedicellatum) J.Schröt.
  • Lycoperdon curtisii
  • Lycoperdon echinatum Pers.
  • Lycoperdon ericaceum (Syn. Lycoperdon muscorum)
  • Lycoperdon ericaceum, var. subareolatum
  • Lycoperdon lambinonii Demoulin 1972
  • Lycoperdon lividum (Syn. Lycoperdon spadiceum) Pers. 1809
  • Lycoperdon mammiforme Pers. 1801
  • Lycoperdon marginatum (Syn. Lycoperdon candidum) Vittadini
  • Lycoperdon molle
  • Lycoperdon nigrescens (Syn. Lycoperdon foetidum) Bonord
  • Lycoperdon norvegicum Demoulin 1971
  • Lycoperdon ovoidisporum[3]
  • Lycoperdon perlatum (Syn. Lycoperdon gemmatum)
  • Lycoperdon pratense
  • Lycoperdon pyriforme Schaeff. 1774
  • Lycoperdon pulcherrimum Berk. & M.A. Curtis
  • Lycoperdon rupicola[4]
  • Lycoperdon subincarnatum
  • Lycoperdon subumbrinum[4]
  • Lycoperdon umbrinum

See also
  • List of Agaricales genera
  • List of Agaricaceae genera

References
  1. "Synonymy: Lycoperdon Pers". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. Cortez VG, Baseia IG, Silveira RMB (2011). "Lycoperdon ovoidisporum sp. nov. from Brazil" (PDF). Sydowia. 63 (1): 1–7.
  4. Jeppson M, Larsson E, Martín M (2012). "Lycoperdon rupicola and L. subumbrinum: two new puffballs from Europe". Mycological Progress. 11 (4): 887–97. Bibcode:2012MycPr..11..887J. doi:10.1007/s11557-011-0804-8. S2CID 14125853.


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