| Species name | Lycoperdon pratense |
| Common name | Meadow puffball |
| Peridium (exterior) | 2-5cm across, pear-shaped, often flat topped, stout base buried in substrate, initally white to achraceous, finely spiny, interior peridium is smooth and white to ohraceous, apical pore becomes very large |
| Gleba (interior) | White and firm > powdery and olive-brown |
| Growth form | Trooping or tufted |
| Spore colour | Brown |
| Spore features | Subspherical, finely warty |
| Habitat | Grassland, verges, lawns |
| Season | Summer-Autumn |
| Distribution | Widespread, common |
| Identifying feature | Flattened shape and large pore opening |
| Similar species | L.lividum is similar but has a spongy base and has a different inner peridium |
Irish Grassland Fungi 