Lycoperdon perlatum
（重定向自Common Puffball）
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![The exoperidium is covered in spines and warts.Fruit bodies are edible when the gleba is white and firm.](/Images/godic/202501/05/Lycoperdon_perlatum_660705026.jpg")
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![Closeup of the ostiole. Note the pockmarks left behind from missing spines.Spores are thick-walled and spherical, measuring roughly 4 μm in diameter.](/Images/godic/202501/05/Lycoperdon_perlatum_645095026.jpg")
Lycoperdon perlatum, popularly known as the common puffball, warted puffball, gem-studded puffball, or the devil's snuff-box, is a species of puffball fungus in the family Agaricaceae. A widespread species with a cosmopolitan distribution, it is a medium-sized puffball with a round fruit body tapering to a wide stalk, and dimensions of 1.5 to 6 cm (0.6 to 2.4 in) wide by 3 to 7 cm (1.2 to 2.8 in) tall. It is off-white with a top covered in short spiny bumps or "jewels", which are easily rubbed off to leave a netlike pattern on the surface. When mature it becomes brown, and a hole in the top opens to release spores in a burst when the body is compressed by touch or falling raindrops.