#041: Mushroom Morphology: Puffballs

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  1. Paul Hafner says:

    You write: “The most commonly eaten genera of puffballs are Lycoperdon* and Clavaria. ”
    Did you mean to say Calvatia?

    • Thomas Roehl says:

      Thanks for catching that! I did indeed mean Calvatia. Clavaria, of course, is a species of coral fungus, not puffball. I have updated the post with that correction.

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