Stump puff ball fungi in Burnham Beeches
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Stump puff ball fungi in Burnham Beeches
Image: © David Hawgood Taken: 14 Nov 2006
There were a lot of these on stumps and dead wood. They are about 2cm diameter. A correspondent has informed me that it is "Lycoperdon pyriforme - the only British puffball that grows on wood. Translation of 'Lycoperdon' is 'Wolf's fart' - not a lot of people know that!" - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoperdon .
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Image Location
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51.557727
Longitude
-0.633933