Species Detail - Pestle Puffball (Handkea excipuliformis) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Fungal Records for Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Handkea excipuliformis
Pestle Puffball
NHMSYS0001483531
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Calvatia excipuliformis (Scop.) Perdeck, Calvatia saccata (Vahl) Morgan, Lycoperdon cervinum sensu Bolton (1789) p.p. , Lycoperdon elatum Massee, Lycoperdon excipuliforme (Scop.) Pers., Lycoperdon excipuliforme forma flavescens Quél., Lycoperdon excipuliforme var. flavescens (Quél.) Rea, Lycoperdon polymorphum var. excipuliforme Scop., Lycoperdon saccatum Vahl
N/A
haexc
(Scop.) Kreisel
fungus
Species
39
28
21
01/01/1885
09/11/2007
24 May (recorded in 2014)
14 November (recorded in 2019)
British Mycological Society, Fungal Records for Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Pestle Puffball (Handkea excipuliformis), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/77/Species/163078>