11/14/2022
Wolf’s Fart Puffballs (Lycoperdon pyriforme) are common across much of North America during autumn and into winter. Wait...what!? Yes, you read it correctly. You’ll often find clusters of Wolf’s Fart Puffballs on moist, decomposing logs. They have a pear-like shape and white fungal threads (mycelia) at their base. Falling raindrops, wind, and animals stepping on them cause a puff of their spores to be released out of the hole on top of the puffball. This disperses the Wolf’s Fart to new habitats.
To see what the puffball spore release looks like, see the comments. Give ‘em a tap the next time you find a cluster.
