Puffball (Lycoperdon mammiforme)
- 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 mammiforme
Ua uhi ʻia ʻo Lycoperdon
Ka wehewehe waho
He ʻano kakaʻikahi kēia, ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻaʻahu ua nani loa. ʻO nā kino hua ʻano like ʻole he 3-5 knm ke anawaena a he 3-6 knm ke kiʻekiʻe, uhi ʻia ka ʻili me ka pulupulu-like a i ʻole nā ʻāpana keʻokeʻo. Me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka nui o ke kino hua a me ka emi ʻana o ka ʻike wai, ua luku ʻia ka uhi e pili ana a hemo i loko o nā ʻāpana pālahalaha e waiho ana ma nā spines liʻiliʻi. Hiki ke waihoʻoluʻu o ka pūpū mai ka ʻaila māmā a hiki i ka ʻeleʻele oker. ʻO ka uhi ka lōʻihi loa ma ka lalo o ke kino hua, kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia ai kahi kola i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i hope. He keʻokeʻo ke kino o nā hua i ʻoki ʻia, a lilo i ʻeleʻele kokoleka ke oʻo. ʻO nā spores ʻeleʻele spherical, i hoʻonani ʻia me nā spike, 6-7 microns ka nui.
ʻAi ʻai
Hiki ke 'ai.
Kūā
ʻAʻole ulu pinepine ka puffball ma ka lepo, ma nā pūʻulu liʻiliʻi a i ʻole ma ka nahele ʻoka-hornbeam ma nā wahi me ka mahana wela.
Season
Hōʻuluʻulu kauwela.
ʻAno like
ʻO ka halo, ma muli o kona ʻano hiʻohiʻona, ʻaʻole like ia me nā ʻano lole ua.