Spiny Puffball

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This is one of the species of puffballs with spines in the genus Lycoperdon.
The puffball in these images was seen along the Jackrabbit Mountain trail in the Nantahala National Forest of North Carolina.

Kingdom: Fungi
  Phylum: Basidiomycota
    Class: Agaricomycetes
      Order: Agaricales
        Family: Agaricaceae
          Genus: Lycoperdon

For a taxonomic tree and links to other fungi posted on Wild Florida Photo see the Fungi at Wild Florida Photo page.