Vascellum pratense
(Pers.) Kreisel
Meadow puffball
LycoperdiaceaeMushrooms
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Mushroom, Fungus
The very young stage can be eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It grows in grassy areas and on the edge of forests.
Africa, Asia, Australia, China, East Africa, Europe, Germany, Malawi, Mexico, North America, Russia, Scandinavia, Sweden, Turkey, Türkiye,
Countries: Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Antigua & Barbuda, Albania, Armenia, Angola, Austria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bahamas, Bhutan, Botswana, Belarus, Belize, Canada, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Switzerland, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cape Verde, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Djibouti, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Estonia, Egypt, Eritrea, Spain, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, United Kingdom, Grenada, Georgia, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, St Kitts & Nevis, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, St Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, Madagascar, North Macedonia, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Malta, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Mexico, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Oman, Panama, Philippines, Pakistan, Poland, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sierra Leone, San Marino, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, El Salvador, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Trinidad & Tobago, Taiwan, Tanzania, Ukraine, Uganda, United States, Uzbekistan, St Vincent, Vietnam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A puffball mushroom found in temperate regions, growing in grassy areas and forest edges.
Names & Synonyms
Ma pi pao, Nangmabao
Lycoperdon hiemale J.B.F. Bulliard emend. C. VittadiniLycoperdon depressum M. BonLycoperdon pratense C.H. Persoon emend. L. QueletVascellum depressum (Bon.) Smarda
References (7)
- Boa, E. R., 2004, Wild edible fungi and their importance to people. FAO Non Wood Forest Products Booklet 17
- Bougher, N.L. & Syme, K., 1998, Fungi of Southern Australia. UWA Press p 130
- Fuhrer, B., 2005, A field guide to Australian Fungi. Bloomings Books. p 215
- Hall, I. R., et al, 2003, Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the World. Timber Press. p 272
- Kaufmann, B. et al, 1999, The Great Encyclopedia of Mushrooms. Konemann. p 195
- Liu, D., et al, 2018, An ethnobotanical survey of edible fungi in Chuxiong City, Yunnan, China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2018) 14:42
- www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au
