Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Lycoperdaceae
Species: Lycoperdon utriforme Bull.

Synonyms:

Bovistella utriformis Calvatia caelata Calvatia utriformis Coden Fwg Fanfraith Handkea utriformis Lycoperdon bovista Lycoperdon caelatum Lycoperdon sinclairii

Common Name:

Mosaic Puffball

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

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Calcareous grassland (5) Grassland and marsh (5) Sand-dune: dune grassland (5) Acid grassland (4) Acid grassland: semi-improved (3) Coastland: grey dunes (3) Sand-dune (3) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2) Coastland: fore dunes (1) Festuca ovina - Agrostis capillaris-Thymus praecox grassland (1) Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (1) Grassland: calcareous, unimproved, upland (1) Neutral grassland (1) Sand-dune: dune heath (1) Woodland (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1) Woodland: mixed (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Grassy (20) Soil (11) Sand (1) Soil Mossy (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (7) March (3) June (2) July (2) August (4) September (6) October (27) November (14) December (2)