Earthstars, Puffballs & Stinkhorns
This group includes mushrooms belonging to class
Gasteromycetes.
Some mycologists don't recognize
Gasteromycetes
and lump all these mushrooms into the class
Basidiomycetes
instead.
Astraeus hygrometricus
(Barometer, Hygroscopic Earthstar)
Lycoperdon perlatum
(Gem-Studded Puffball)
Calvatia gigantea
(Giant Puffball)
Phallus ravenelii
(Ravenel's Stinkhorn)
Phallus impudicus
(Common Stinkhorn)
Morganella pyriformis
(Pear-Shaped Puffball)
Cyathus striatus
(Splash Cups, Bird's Nests)
Phallogaster saccatus
(Club-Shaped Stinkhorn)
Myriostoma coliforme
(Pepper Pot)
Mutinus caninus
var. albus
(Dog Stinkhorn)
Lysurus gardneri
Geastrum minimum
(Tiny Earthstar)
Calvatia craniiformis
(Skull Puffball)
Bovista plumbea
(Paltry Puffball)
Cyathus stercoreus
(Dung-Loving Bird's Nest)
Geastrum triplex
(Collared Earthstar)
Lycoperdon curtisii
(Clustered Spiny Puffball)
Lycoperdon foetidum
(Stinky Puffball)
Lycoperdon marginatum
(Spiny Puffball)
Lycoperdon excipuliformis
(Pestle Puffball)
Lycoperdon pulcherrimum
Morganella subincarnata
(Ruddy Puffball)
Mutinus elegans
(Elegant Stinkhorn)
Phallus rubicundus
(Devil's Stinkhorn)
Crucibulum laeve
(Common Bird's Nest)
Dictyophora duplicata
(Netted, or Veiled Stinkhorn)
Geastrum saccatum
(Rounded Earthstar)
Geastrum smardae
Astraeus pteridis
Calvatia cyathiformis
(Purple-Spored Puffball)
Vascellum curtisii
(Curtis's Pufball)
Bovista pusilla
Geastrum fimbriatum
(Sessile Earthstar)
Sphaerobolus stellatus
(Artillery Fungus)
Phallus duplicatus
(Netted Stinkhorn)
Geastrum quadrifidum
(Rayed Earthstar)
Mutinus ravenelii
Phallus hadriani
(Common, or Dune Stinkhorn)
Mycenastrum corium
(Tennis Ball Puffball)
Bovista pila
(Tumbling Puffball)
Cyathus olla
(Field Bird's Nest)
Geastrum rufescens
(Rosy Earthstar)
Phallus rugulosus
(Wrinkly Stinkhorn)
