Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Agaricaceae
Species: Lycoperdon pratense Pers.

Synonyms:

Calvatia depressa Lycoperdon depressum Lycoperdon hiemale Lycoperdon hymenale Vascellum depressum Vascellum pratense

Common Name:

Meadow Puffball

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Carex (2) Poa (1) Populus (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Calcareous grassland: unimproved (5) Acid grassland: semi-improved (3) Neutral grassland (3) Acid grassland (2) Acid grassland: unimproved (2) Calcareous grassland (2) Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (2) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (2) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2) Sand-dune: dune grassland (2) Bare ground (1) Built-up areas (1) Coastland: grey dunes (1) Cultivated/disturbed land: amenity grassland (1) Festuca ovina - Agrostis capillaris-Thymus praecox grassland (1) Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (1) Grassland and marsh (1) Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1) Grassland: calcareous, unimproved, upland (1) Maritime cliff and slope (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Mire: blanket bog (1) Neutral grassland: unimproved (1) Other artificial habitats (1) Sand-dune (1) Scrub (1) Scrub: scattered (1) Woodland and scrub (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Grassy (33) Soil (13) Grass (2) Dung (1) Soil Mossy (1) Stony (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (1) February (1) May (1) June (1) July (4) August (18) September (13) October (26) November (15) December (1)