Puffball

A puffball is the common name for several groups of fungi in the division Basidiomycota. Puffballs include the genera of Calvatia, Calbovista and Lycoperdon.^[1]

Puffball
Lycoperdon umbrinum, commonly known as the umber-brown puffball
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota

All false puffballs are inedible, as they are tough and bitter to taste. The genus Scleroderma, which has a young purple gleba, should be avoided.^[2]