Sphaerobolus stellatus Tode, Fung. mecklenb. sel. (Lüneburg) 1: 43 (1790) Lycoperdon carpobolus L., Sp. pl. 2: 1184 (1753) Sphaerobolus tubulosus Fr. & Nordholm, Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 2(2): 309 (1823) Carpobolus stellatus (Tode) Desm., Observ. Bot. & Zool.: 9 (1826) Sphaerobolus dentatus (With.) W.G. Sm., Brit. basidiomyc. (Cambridge): 485 (1908)
Habitat: On decayed plant debris, weathered dung and decayed wood and straw in woodland and on dunes; increasingly frequent in gardens and parks on flowerbeds mulched with woodchips.
Notes: Common and widespread.
Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: o, ROI: o, Other: Isle of Man: !
Vouchers: England: K(M) 31649; Scotland: K(M) 81216; Wales: K(M) 81220; ROI: K(M) 81221
Descriptions, Lists & Icons: D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 255 D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 380, pl. 498 D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 196 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. 74-75
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