Puffball (Lycoperdon echinatum)
- Māhele: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Māhele: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Papa: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Papa haʻahaʻa: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Kauoha: Agaricales (Agaric a i ʻole Lamellar)
- ʻOhana: Agaricaceae (Champignon)
- ʻAno: Lycoperdon (Kaʻahu ua)
- Type: Lycoperdon echinatum (Puffball puffball)
Ka wehewehe waho
ʻO ke ʻano o ka pear ke ʻano, ovoid, spherical, tuberous fruiting body, hemispherical, lahilahi i lalo, e hana ana i kumu mānoanoa a pōkole e hele i loko o ka lepo me ka hyphae like me ke aʻa lahilahi. Hoʻopili ʻia kona poʻo me nā flabbies, pili pū ʻia nā spines, e hāʻawi ana i ke ʻano o kahi halo hedgehog. Hoʻokomo ʻia nā spines liʻiliʻi i loko o ke apo, e hoʻopuni ana i kahi spike nui aʻe. E hāʻule maʻalahi nā spines, e hōʻike ana i kahi ʻili pahee. He ʻiʻo keʻokeʻo nā ʻōpio ʻōpio, i ka wā kahiko, lilo ia i pauka spore ʻōmaʻomaʻo. I ke kikowaena o ka piha ʻana, ʻike ʻia kahi puka poepoe, mai kahi e kahe ai nā spores, "hoʻopau" ma ka ʻaoʻao o luna o ka pūpū. Hiki i ke kino hua ke hoʻololi i ka waihoʻoluʻu mai ke keʻokeʻo a i ʻeleʻele māmā. I ka wā mua, ʻeleʻele a me ka pulp keʻokeʻo, a ma hope e lilo i ka pauka ʻulaʻula-ʻulaʻula.
ʻAi ʻai
Hiki ke ʻai ʻoiai e mau ana ke keʻokeʻo. ʻO nā halo kakaʻikahi! Hiki ke ʻai ʻia ka prickly puffball i ka wā ʻōpio, aia i ka ʻāpana ʻehā. Hoʻopau ʻia ka halo i ka paila a maloʻo.
Kūā
Loaʻa ʻia kēia ʻaha i loko o nā hui liʻiliʻi a i ʻole hoʻokahi, ʻo ka nui ma nā moorlands, nā ululāʻau deciduous, ma nā ʻāina calcareous - ma nā wahi mauna a me nā puʻu.
Season
Hōʻuluʻulu kauwela.