Lycoperdon curtisii
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Lycoperdon curtisii is a type of puffball
mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon
. It was first described scientifically in 1859 by Miles Joseph Berkeley
. Vascellum curtisii, described by Hanns Kreisel
in 1963, is a synonym
.
Puffball
A puffball is a member of any of several groups of fungus in the division Basidiomycota. The puffballs were previously treated as a taxonomic group called the Gasteromycetes or Gasteromycetidae, but they are now known to be a polyphyletic assemblage. The distinguishing feature of all puffballs is...
mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon
Lycoperdon
Lycoperdon is a genus of puffball mushrooms. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 50 species. In general, it contains the smaller species such as the pear shaped puffball and the gem studded puffball. Most of the time they grow from dead wood and if they grow through the...
. It was first described scientifically in 1859 by Miles Joseph Berkeley
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Miles Joseph Berkeley was an English cryptogamist and clergyman, and one of the founders of the science of plant pathology....
. Vascellum curtisii, described by Hanns Kreisel
Hanns Kreisel
Hanns Kreisel is a German mycologist and professor emeritus.Kreisel was a professor at the University of Greifswald. His field is the classification of fungi, where he has studied this group of organisms not only in Germany but in almost all continents, as in Brazil, Seychelles, Vietnam, Cuba and...
in 1963, is a synonym
Synonym (taxonomy)
In scientific nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that is or was used for a taxon of organisms that also goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnaeus was the first to give a scientific name to the Norway spruce, which he called Pinus abies...
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