ʻO ka ʻahu ua pilau (Lycoperdon nigrescens)
- 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 nigrescens
ʻO ka inoa o kēia manawa (e like me Species Fungorum).
Ka wehewehe waho
ʻO kahi ʻano ʻano maʻamau he ʻaʻahu ua ʻeleʻele me nā pihi ʻeleʻele curved. ʻO nā kino hua hua o ka pear, kahi i uhi ʻia me ke ʻano o kekahi i kekahi, curved dark brown spikes, e hana ana i nā pūhui hōkū, he 1-3 kenimika ke anawaena a me ke kiʻekiʻe o 1,5-5 cm. ʻO ka mua keʻokeʻo-melemele i loko, a laila ʻoliva-ʻeleʻele . Ma ka lalo, huki ʻia lākou i loko o kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi, pōkole, like me ka wāwae ʻaʻole momona. Ua like ke ʻala o nā kino hua ʻōpiopio. Spherical, warty brown spores me ke anawaena o 4-5 microns.
ʻAi ʻai
ʻAʻole hiki ke ʻai ʻia.
Kūā
Hoʻonui pinepine lākou i ka hui ʻana, coniferous, kakaʻikahi i nā ululāʻau deciduous, ʻoi loa ma lalo o nā kumu lāʻau spruce ma nā puʻu.
Season
Hōʻuluʻulu kauwela.
ʻAno like
Ma ke ʻano koʻikoʻi, ua like ka puffball pilau me ka puffball momi hiki ke ʻai ʻia, kahi i ʻike ʻia e nā ʻōpala ʻulaʻula pololei ma nā kino hua, kahi waihoʻoluʻu keʻokeʻo a me kahi ʻala ʻoluʻolu.