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Common puffball — by the boulder

Lycoperdon perlatum Species

Moderate confidence TM0084 8 August 2026 · 10:09 2 frames
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Angles captured. 2 frames of one subject.

Morphology

A pale cream spherical fruitbody about 4 cm, spines mostly worn away leaving a faintly pitted surface, sitting against a lichen-covered boulder.

Habitat & substrate

Thin soil and moss at the base of a boulder.

Lookalikes & what rules them out

Older and more weathered than TM0079 but the same species.

Notes

Separate fruitbody, 13 minutes and some distance from TM0079.

Found at Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, Princeton, MA on Saturday, 8 August 2026 at 10:09. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.

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