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Common Puffball (Lycoperdon periatum)

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This fungus produces spores in the upper part of its fruit body and relies on rain to disperse them. When a rain drop falls on the fungus, the spores puff out through an opening in the top. It has a white/cream colour and the young fungus is covered with tiny whitish spines which fall off with age leaving behind a net pattern of scars. It is abundant in conifer or broadleaf woods and fruits summer to late autumn. Picture taken October 2006 at Maulden woods, Bedfordshire.

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26th Oct 2006 by Diane Earl

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Biology, Science

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Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 4+

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plant fungi wildlife

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