Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Peeling puffball

We found this mushroom in the yard. It is called a peeling puffball. It's scientific name is Lycoperdon marginatum. It is about 2 cm across. We are waiting for it to peel. We've been taking pictures once a week. If it doesn't peel, it may be a different mushroom called a Vascellum curtisii. We'll be watching! More pictures to come after it starts peeling.

(NOTE: Ivy has come to find typing a tiresome endeavor. So I, Poppy, am typing up this, and probably subsequent, Nature Notes. However, Ivy still writes up her Nature Notes by hand in a real paper notebook.)
Our mushroom on October 3rd

Our mushroom one week later

Our mushroom two weeks later
Our mushroom three weeks later
Our mushroom four weeks later (nov 1)
nov 1

2 comments:

  1. about time for another picture of that mushroom isn't it?

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    1. done. taking another one tomorrow. it's looking rough.

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