NightCrow Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 Found in Canada, near Quebec/New-Brunswick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 Need to see the underside of the cap(s). Maybe Melanoleuca melaleuca ...? https://www.mycoquebec.org/bas.php?trie=M&l=l&nom=Melanoleuca melaleuca / Mélanoleuque noir et blanc&tag=Melanoleuca melaleuca&gro=36 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightCrow Posted January 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 17 hours ago, Dave W said: Need to see the underside of the cap(s). Maybe Melanoleuca melaleuca ...? https://www.mycoquebec.org/bas.php?trie=M&l=l&nom=Melanoleuca melaleuca / Mélanoleuque noir et blanc&tag=Melanoleuca melaleuca&gro=36 The second and the third pictures actually shows the under of the shrooms, it's some kind of puffball but I can't find which species Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 Okay, I see that now. How large were they? What did the inside look like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightCrow Posted January 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 10 minutes ago, Dave W said: Okay, I see that now. How large were they? What did the inside look like? Brown in the inside, and pretty small, like a common puffball (the small white ones) The spores released were brown if squished/stepped on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 Tough to ID old/post-mature smallish puffballs. But, I'd guess these are a species of Bovista, based upon: smallish size, rotund shape, smooth post-mature "skin" with a metallic luster, brown post-mature spore mass (interior), growth in grassy area. The young/immature Bovista is white inside, with whitish exterior, and multiple layers of "skin" that are fused together but may be observed when the fruit body is sectioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightCrow Posted January 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 14 hours ago, Dave W said: Tough to ID old/post-mature smallish puffballs. But, I'd guess these are a species of Bovista, based upon: smallish size, rotund shape, smooth post-mature "skin" with a metallic luster, brown post-mature spore mass (interior), growth in grassy area. The young/immature Bovista is white inside, with whitish exterior, and multiple layers of "skin" that are fused together but may be observed when the fruit body is sectioned. Could it be a Bovista nigrescens? thinking about it, it looks more like a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovista_pila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 Bovista pila is probably more common than B. nigrescens. If you could measure spores --need a >=400x microscope with micrometer-- then there may be a chance to ID to species. Even then, there may be more info necessary. With the fruit bodies old and in the condition seen, readily observable traits probably don't provide much useful info at the level of species ID. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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