Lycoperdon pratense Pers., Neues Mag. Bot. 1: 87 (1794) Lycoperdon hiemale Bull., Herb. Fr. (Paris) 2: 148 (1782) [1781-82] Lycoperdon depressum Bonord., Bot. Ztg. 15: 611 (1857) Vascellum depressum (Bonord.) F. Šmarda, Fl. ČSR B-1, Gasteromycetes 1: 305 (1958) Vascellum pratense (Pers.) Kreisel, Feddes Repert. 64: 159 (1962)
Habitat: On soil amongst short turf on heathland, downland, garden lawns, cricket pitches, golf links, grazed pasture and rarely in open woodland.
Notes: Very common and widespread.
Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: c; Isle of Man: c
Vouchers: England: K(M) 69190; Scotland: K(M) 81118; Wales: K(M) 81119; NI: K(M) 83071; ROI: K(M) 81120
Descriptions, Lists & Icons: D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 248-249 D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 396, pl. 521 D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 340 D+I:, in Pegler, D.N., Læssøe, T., & Spooner, B.M, British Puffballs, Earthstars and Stinkhorns: an account of the Gasteroid Fungi: 1-255 (1995), p. 118-119, pl. Figs 88/89
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