Keywords: Lycoperdon candidum.jpg On the left is a white puffball from a White Lycoperdon Lycoperdon candidum mushroom As its spores mature the white covering will crack open leaving a dark brown fruiting body Eventually it will expand by absorbing rainwater and end up like the old fruiting body on the right JIM CONRAD'S NATURALIST NEWSLETTER Written and issued from the woods edge near Natchez Mississippi USA http //www backyardnature net/n/08/080804 htm http //www backyardnature net/n/08/080804ly jpg 2008-08-04 Jim Conrad Jim Conrad See http //www backyardnature net/j/copyrite htm Calvatia candida |