How to identify it?
Fruiting Body
Fruiting body small; round, usually resembling an inverted pear shape when mature.
Flesh
Flesh white and fleshy when young, becoming yellowish to brownish spore dust. Odour and taste not distinctive.
Stem
Stem short, spongy, parallel or slightly conical, white to brown.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Club fungi Class
Mushroom-forming fungi Order
Gilled fungi Family
Agaricaceae Genus
Lycoperdon Species
Pear-shaped puffball