A PHOTO FUNGI OF THE
DEVON AND CORNWALL PENINSULA

Puffballs, Earthballs
and Bird's Nests

Puffballs (Lycoperdaceae)
Calvatia excipuliformis - Pestle Puffball     old specimen     spores
Cann Woods, Plym Bridge, Plymouth, Devon. 20.10.06 (Public Location) SX533594

Calvatia utriformis - Mosaic Puffball     old
Serpentine outcrops. Above Kynance Cove, West Lizard NNR, Kynance, Cornwall.
30.05.06 (Public Location) SW685134

Lycoperdon echinatum - Spiny Puffball ?     side-view     young ball
Coniferous woodland. Cann Woods, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon.
19.10.06 (Public Location) SX533594

Lycoperdon nigrescens syn. L. foetidum - Stinking / Dusky Puffball     side-view
Coniferous woodland. Cann Woods, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon.
23.10.06 (Public Location) SX533594

Lycoperdon perlatum (immature) - Common Puffball ?     close-up
Dark hedgebank (bare soil). Plym Bridge Road, Plymouth, Devon.
18.09.04 (Public Location) SX523586

Lycoperdon pyriforme - Stump Puffball     old puffball side-view     old colony
On fallen timber. Ham Woods, Plymouth, Devon. 11.10.05 (Public Location) SX460579

Vascellum pratense - Meadow Puffball
Coastal grassland, east of Wembury, nr. Plymouth, Devon. 30.06.07 (Public Location)

Earthballs (Sclerodermataceae)
Scleroderma citrinum - Common Earthball
Birch Copse. Lee Moor, nr. Plymouth, Devon. 13.09.04 (Public Location) SX586612

Scleroderma citrinum - Common Earthball     spores     old specimen
Woodland floor. Cann Woods, Plym Bridge, Plymouth, Devon.
20.10.06 (Public Location) SX533594

Scleroderma sp. - Earthball
Bickleigh, nr. Plymouth, Devon. 05.09.04 (Public Location) SX529618

Bird's Nests (Nidulariaceae)
Cyathus striatus - Fluted Bird's Nest ?     top-view close-up     side-view close-up
On fallen rotting oak branch, deciduous woodland. Mudwell Woods, Bickleigh, Plymouth, Devon. 30.11.06 (Private Location) SX525617