Bath Wildlife Sightings
Meadow Puffball (Lycoperdon pratense), Bathampton Down, ST7765
Date first seen
Date last seen
Frequency of Sighting
Species
Evidence
Photograph
Quantity
Several
Locality
Bathampton Down
Habitat
Unimproved hill-top pasture
Environmental Conditions
Grid Reference
ST7765
Other Information
Young specimens are white with spiny scales. They later turn brown and loose most of their scales. Eventually they become detached and are blown about by the wind, scattering their spores as they do so.
Recorded by
Rob Randall
Identified by
Rob Randall, Alan Rayner
