Raincoat smelly (Lycoperdon nigrescens)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
- Family: Agaricaceae (Champignon)
- Genus: Lycoperdon (Raincoat)
- Type: Lycoperdon nigrescens (Smelly puffball)
The current name is (according to Species Fungorum).
External Description
A fairly common variety is a brown raincoat with curved dark spikes. Obverse pear-shaped fruiting bodies, which are densely covered with inclined towards each other, curved dark brown spikes, forming star-shaped clusters, have a diameter of 1-3 centimeters and a height of 1,5-5 cm. Initially white-yellowish inside, then olive-brown . At the bottom, they are drawn into a narrowed, short, leg-like non-fertile part. The smell of young fruiting bodies resembles lighting gas. Spherical, warty brown spores with a diameter of 4-5 microns.
Edibility
Inedible.
Habitat
Quite often they grow in mixed, coniferous, rarely in deciduous forests, mainly under spruce trees in the foothills.
Season
Summer autumn.
Similar species
In a significant way, stinky puffball is similar to edible pearl puffball, which is distinguished by straight ocher-colored spikes on fruiting bodies, a whitish color and a pleasant mushroom smell.