Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Lycoperdaceae
Species: Lycoperdon excipuliforme (Scop.) Pers.

Synonyms:

Calvatia excipuliformis Calvatia saccata Coden Fwg Pen Pastwn Handkea excipuliformis Lycoperdon cervinum Lycoperdon elatatum Lycoperdon elatum Lycoperdon excipuliforme f. flavescens Lycoperdon excipuliforme var. flavescens Lycoperdon excipuliformis Lycoperdon polymorphum var. excipuliforme Lycoperdon saccatum

Common Name:

Pestle Puffball

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (5) Quercus (4) Carex (4) Quercus robur (2) Salix (2) Taxus baccata (2) Larix (2) Prunus laurocerasus (1) Pinus nigra (1) Picea abies (1) Quercus petraea (1) Pseudotsuga menziesii (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (10) Woodland: mixed (10) Woodland and scrub (9) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (4) Woodland: broadleaved (4) Woodland (3) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (3) Built up area, domestic (2) Neutral grassland (2) Parkland and scattered trees (2) Scrub: scattered (2) Acid grassland (1) Acid grassland: semi-improved (1) Bog: raised (1) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1) Marginal/inundation: marginal (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1) Woodland: coniferous (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1) Woodland: plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (29) Soil Grassy (13) Leaf Litter (2) Soil Mossy (2) Fencepost (1) Soil bare (1) Stony (1) Wood (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (7) February (2) March (3) May (3) July (10) August (2) September (20) October (35) November (21)