are you able to classify this mushroom?
Yes, the true truffles (Tuberales) are gasteroid Ascomycota.
Puffball
Similarly, the true truffles (Tuberales) are gasteroid Ascomycota. Their ascocarps are called tuberothecia.
what is lycoperdon echinatum? A type of puffball mushroom. where is it found? Africa, Europe, Central America, and North America are there any species similar to it? L. echinatum you mentioned it was a type of mushroom, what was it again? Puffball mushroom is it edible? Young puffballs can be edible.
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Puffball [SEP] Classification
Major orders: Similarly, the true truffles (Tuberales) are gasteroid Ascomycota. Their ascocarps are called tuberothecia.