Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Lycoperdaceae
Species: Lycoperdon nigrescens Pers.

Synonyms:

Coden Fwg Dywyll Lycoperdon foetans Lycoperdon foetidum Lycoperdon perlatum var. nigrescens Lycoperdon perlatum ß nigrescens

Common Name:

Dusky Puffball

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Carex (4) Quercus petraea (3) Pinus sylvestris (3) Pinus contorta (1) Abies grandis (1) Quercus (1) Quercus robur (1) Fagus sylvatica (1) Erica cinerea (1) Aesculus hippocastanum (1) Abies alba (1) Betula pubescens (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Acid grassland (15) Acid grassland: semi-improved (8) Woodland: mixed (6) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (5) Sand-dune: dune grassland (5) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (4) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (4) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (4) Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (3) Woodland: broadleaved (3) Coastland: grey dunes (2) Marsh/marshy grassland (2) Parkland and scattered trees (2) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2) Sand-dune: dune heath (2) Woodland (2) Acid grassland: unimproved (1) Bog: raised (1) Built up area, domestic (1) Coastland: fore dunes (1) Grassland: acidic, upland (1) Marginal/inundation: marginal (1) Maritime cliff and slope (1) Mire: blanket bog (1) Nardus stricta-Galium saxatile grassland (1) Neutral grassland (1) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1) Rowan-birch woods (1) Wet heath/acid grassland (1) Woodland and scrub (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Grassy (56) Soil (25) Soil Needle (5) Soil Leaves (2) Soil Peat (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (2) August (6) September (19) October (57) November (46)