Puffball
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| - | * [http:// | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffball] Puffball. Wikipedia®. 5 March 2009. |
| - | * [http://www. | + | * [http://www.mushroomexpert.com/puffballs.html] Puffballs. Kuo, M. 2008, November. |
| - | * [http://www. | + | * [http://www.svims.ca/council/Lycope.htm] LYCOPERDACEAE & GEASTRACEAE in the Pacific Northwest. Pacific Northwest Key Council. Feb. 2003. |
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Introduction
The puffballs are the member of fungus in the division Basidiomycota. They are the kind of mushroom found in soil or on decaying wood in grassy areas and woods. The Puffballs are named for the fact that puffs of spores are released when the dry and powdery tissues of the mature sperical fruiting body are disturbed.[1]
Anatomy
Puffballs have many different sizes, some are small as a marble and some are large as a basketball. They are smooth and covered with small or large warts. The Puffballs are 4-6㎝ height and 3.5-5㎛ wide. Puffballs are usually white and light brown. Inside of the puffballs are all white. If cut across the puffballs, they show a compact rind enclosing a loose tissue in the interspaces of the spores are developed. The size of spores are 3-5 µm in diameter. Unlike most other groups, puffballs contain the spores inside. The giant puffball is a big mushroom, covered with spectacular polygonal white to buff warts, looks like a soccer ball in size. It reaches more than a foot and it can weight up to 40 pounds. Giant puffball grows on the sloping areas of bare earth in urban areas.[2][3][4]
Reproduction
Most puffballs reproduces in a three stages asexually. When they are young, their fruiting bodies are whitish spheres, sometimes with short stalks, and are fleshy in texture. When they start getting older, their color turn borwn in a few weeks and start to rot.
Ecology
The puffballs grow anywhere in the ground. They grow on rotting wood, meadows, on heaths, and lawns. They produce pear-shaped or rounded fruitbodies. Spores are produced within these fruitbodies and when mature they are released through a pore or a tear that develops near the top of the fruitbody. When the puffball grows, its white skin color turns brown, soon its skin gets stripped off. All puffballs are decomposers, breaking down dead wood, or organic material in the soil, into their constituents. Plants can then use these materials for renewed growth. The maximum daytime temperatures ranged from 20s to 40s, with some very strong winds and cool breezes, along with a few short light to heavy showers.[5][6]
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References
- [7] Puffball. Wikipedia®. 5 March 2009.
- [8] Puffballs. Kuo, M. 2008, November.
- [9] LYCOPERDACEAE & GEASTRACEAE in the Pacific Northwest. Pacific Northwest Key Council. Feb. 2003.
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