Lycoperdon

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Lycoperdon is a genus of puffball mushrooms. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 50 species.[1] 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.

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

Species

See also

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