Puffball (Lycoperdon echinatum)
- Chikamu: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Kupatsanura: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Kirasi: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric kana Lamellar)
- Mhuri: Agaricaceae (Champignon)
- Genus: Lycoperdon (Raincoat)
- Type: Lycoperdon echinatum (Puffball puffball)
Tsanangudzo Yekunze
Obverse pear-shaped, ovoid, spherical, tuberous fruiting body, hemispherical, kutetepa zvichidzika, kuita chigutsa chakakora uye chipfupi chinopinda muvhu nemidzi yakatetepa-yakafanana nehyphae. Kumusoro kwaro kwakazara nemaflabbies, mitsipa yakatsikirirwa pamwe chete, iyo inopa chimiro chehedgehog howa. Misana midiki inoiswa mumhete, yakatenderedza spike yakakura. Iyo mizongoza inodonha nyore, ichiratidzira nzvimbo yakatsetseka. Howa hudiki hune nyama chena, muhukura hunova hupfu hwakasvibira. Pakati pekukura kwakazara, gomba rakatenderera rinoonekwa, kubva apo spores inobuda kunze, "ichibudisa huruva" nepamusoro pechikamu chepamusoro chegoko. Muchero wemuchero unogona kuchinja ruvara kubva kune chena kusvika kune chiedza chemavara. Pakutanga, dense uye chena pulp, iyo gare gare inova powdery tsvuku-ruvara ruvara.
Edibility
Zvinodyiwa chero zvikaramba zvichena. Rare howa! Prickly puffball inodyiwa achiri mudiki, ndeyechikamu chechina. Howa inodyiwa yakabikwa uye yakaomeswa.
Habitat
Uhu howa hunowanikwa mumapoka maduku kana kuti singly, kunyanya mumoorlands, masango ane deciduous, pane calcareous ivhu - munzvimbo dzine makomo uye makomo.
mwaka
Zhizha matsutso.