Lycoperdon marginatumCommon Name: None. Description: Fruit body 1-5 cm high, globose, sometimes with a small rooting base; white becoming brownish; with an outer covering of pointed warts or spines, which fall away in irregular sheets, exposing the olive-brown inner wall, or endoperidium. Habitat: on sandy soil. Very common. Found widespread throughout North America. Edible: Yes. Source: Mushrooms of North America by Roger Phillips. |