Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Agaricaceae
Species: Apioperdon pyriforme (Schaeff.) Vizzini

Synonyms:

Lycoperdon pyriforme Lycoperdon pyriforme ß tesselatum Lycoperdon pyriforme var. excipuliforme Lycoperdon pyriforme var. tesselatum

Common Name:

Stump Puffball

Click on the dots to get a species list for the 10km square that it represents.

This distribution map was produced using DMap

Photographer: © David Mitchel

Have you a photograph, digital or otherwise that you would like to provide for this page? Or would you like to use this photograph? If so, please e-mail David Mitchel at the address given on the home page. Or search Google Images for this species

View this species in its UK context on the NBN Atlas

Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (28) Quercus (9) Corylus avellana (5) Quercus petraea (3) Fraxinus excelsior (3) Picea (2) Pseudotsuga menziesii (2) Prunus laurocerasus (2) Pinus sylvestris (2) Acer pseudoplatanus (2) Picea abies (2) Crataegus monogyna (2) Quercus robur (2) Ulmus glabra (2) Rhododendron ponticum (1) Sequoia (1) Tilia (1) Picea sitchensis (1) Ilex aquifolium (1) Betula (1) Salix (1) Pinus (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (24) Woodland: mixed (22) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (11) Parkland and scattered trees (11) Woodland (10) Woodland: broadleaved (9) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (8) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (5) Woodland: mixed, plantation (5) Built up area, domestic (3) Marsh/marshy grassland (3) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (2) Scrub (2) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (2) Woodland: coniferous, plantation, high forest (2) Alnus glutinosa-Urtica dioica woodland (1) Bog (1) Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (1) Built-up areas (1) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1) Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1) Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1) Improved grassland (1) Marginal/inundation: marginal (1) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1) Woodland and scrub (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, coppice with standards (1) Woodland: coniferous (1) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Stump (63) Soil (17) Dead Wood (12) Tree (9) Buried Wood (4) Root (4) Wood (4) Rotting Wood (2) Stem (2) Fallen Tree (1) Soil Leaves (1) Soil Mossy (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (15) March (5) April (3) May (3) July (5) August (10) September (43) October (88) November (29) December (4)