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Vascellum

Notes

More or less globose fruiting body with a sterile, stalk-like base, opening through a regularly-shaped pore. Internal tissue white when young, powdery brown when mature. Distinguished from Lycoperdon by the well-developed membrane layer between the spores and the base. Mostly found in grassy places.
A single, exotic species recorded from New Zealand.

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 Vascellum pratense