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| synonyms: Sandy Siltball, Stielstaubpilz |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Brown |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Convex to shield shaped |
| stem type: Volva on stem, Stem much longer than cap diameter |
| spore colour: Light to dark brown |
| habitat: Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides
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Battarraea phalloides (Dicks.) Pers. Stielstaubpilz Sandy Siltball Fruit body 10–25cm high, consisting of a spore-sac borne on a rigid ochre-brown stem covered in shaggy fibres which is seated in a loose whitish membranous cup. Initially the fruit body is contained within the volva buried in sandy soil, then as the stem elongates rapidly the spore sac is pushed through the soil surface where it splits all round exposing the powdery rusty brown spore mass. Spores brown, subglobose to ovate, 5.0–5.5(6.5)µ. Habitat on sandy soil. Season summer. Very rare. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe. |
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