Lycoperdiaceae

36 edible species

Puffball fungi family producing spore-filled fruiting bodies, some species edible when young.

Arachnion album

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Astraeus hygrometricus

Hygrometric earthstar

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Astraeus odoratus

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Bovista nigrescens

Loffa

Edible: Fruiting body, Mushroom

Bovista plumbea

Leaden puffball, Dwarf puff ball

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Bovista plumbea var. ovalispora

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Calvatia caelata

Pukurau, Mosaic puffball

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Calvatia craniiformis

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Calvatia cyathiformis

Purple-spored puffball

Edible: Fungus, Mushroom, Vegetable

Mushroom

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Calvatia excipuliformis

Long-stemmed puffball

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Calvatia gigantea

Giant puffball

Edible: Fungus, Mushroom

Calvatia lilacina

Puffball

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Puff ball

Edible: Fungus, Mushroom

Calvatia subtomentosa

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Handkea excipuliformis

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lanopila nipponica

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lycoperdon endotephrum

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lycoperdon fuligineum

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lycoperdon gemmatum

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lycoperdon giganteum

Edible: Fungus, Mushroom

Lycoperdon marginatum

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lycoperdon muscorum

Korok

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lycoperdon oblongisporum

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lycoperdon peckii

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lycoperdon rimulatum

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lycoperdon umbrinum

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Lycoperdon umbrinum var. floccosum

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Indian bread, Tuckahoe

Edible: Fungus

Hoelen

Edible: Mushroom ?, Check edibility

Podaxis calyptratus

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Podaxis pistillaris

Stalked puffball

Edible: Fungus, Mushroom

Vascellum curtisii

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Vascellum intermedium

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Vascellum pratense

Meadow puffball

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Vascellum qudenii

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus