Arachnion album Schw.

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Description:
puff ball
Fruiting Body: fruiting body up to 1.5 cm diameter. Spore Print Color: spore mass is grayish to olive brown. Spores: basidiospores 3.2-4.3 x 4.3-5.5 µm, with pedicel 1 µm, ellipsoid, smooth, brown.

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: small fragile white puffball containing grayish granules

Dynamically generated map
Eastern United Statesprobably common but overlooked

Nutritional Mode: saprobe

Substrate: on ground

Habitat: lawns, gardens, other open places

Fruiting Season: summer

 
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Order: Agaricales
 

 

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