Lycoperdon lividum Pers.
(Grassland Puffball)

Interactions where Lycoperdon lividum is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Lycoperdon lividum/Lycoperdon lividumgrassland puffballfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couch

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Lycoperdon lividum (Grassland Puffball) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lycoperdon lividum (Grassland Puffball) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLycoperdon lividum (Grassland Puffball)
GenusLycoperdon (puffballs)
FamilyAGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lycoperdon lividum (Grassland Puffball)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Savage, D. 2008 Fungi of the far north: Part 3: From the Borgie to the Naver Vol 9 (1) Page: 13-19

Lycoperdon lividum (Grassland Puffball) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lycoperdon lividum (Grassland Puffball):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 30 images of Lycoperdon lividum (Grassland Puffball)

A small and rather featureless puffball of dry, weakly acid to calcareous grassland, especially where the grass is very short. It is widespread and common, especially near the coast.

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