Lycoperdon radicatum is a species of puffball mushroom, also called rooting puffball, in the family Agaricaceae. It was described in 1848 by French botanists Michel Charles Durieu de Maisonneuve and Camille Montagne in Algeria.[2] Due to its Bovista-like capillitium it was previously placed in the genus Bovistella.[3] It is nonpoisonous.[4] It is easily recognised by its 4-8 cm rigid, white-gray pseudoroot.[5]
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Bovistella radicata (Durieu & Mont.) Pat. (1889) | |
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 | Glebal hymenium |
 | Lacks a stipe |
 | Spore print is brown |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
  | Edibility is edible or inedible |
Its cylindrical fruiting body is up to 10 cm in size, and is white when young with a pyramidal warts, becoming yellow-tan, and gray-brown in age. At maturity, it develops a large tear at its apex. The spore mass also changes colour when it ages; initially it is white, and then becomes yellowish and finally, brown.[6] The spores are round to ellipsoid, warted, and 4-5 x 3-4.5 μm in size. [5]
Lycoperdon radicatum is found in grassy areas, pastures and in acidic soils in open woods. It is considered endangered in Sweden. [7]