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Lycoperdon mammiforme Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 1: 146 (1801) Lycoperdon candidum sensu Mason [Naturalist (Hull): 306 (1928)]
Lycoperdon cruciatum sensu Massee & Crossland (1906)
Lycoperdon velatum Vittad., Monogr. Lycoperd.: 43 (1842)
Habitat: On 'black' soil or humus (often calcareous) in open, mixed deciduous woodland, usually associated with Corylus and Fagus or Quercus spp.
Notes: Occasional but widespread in England. Last reported from Scotland (Easterness: Rothiemurchus) in 1938 and the Republic of Ireland Wicklow) in 1957.
Distribution: E: o, S: !, W: !, NI: !, ROI: !
Vouchers: England: K(M) 54830; Wales: K(M) 136423; NI: K(M) 81268; ROI: K(M) 81106
Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 247
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), as Lycoperdon mammaeforme, p. 392, pl. 515
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 338
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. 146-147, pl. Figs 111/112
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