False Puffball - Reticularia lycoperdon
Alternative names
Enteridium lycoperdon
Cauliflower Slime Mould
Cauliflower Slime Mould
Description
It starts off as a white globular mass about the size of half a golf ball, and then develops a silver-grey papery skin beneath which the brown spores develop.ÿWhen the seeds have been dispersed all they leave behind is a faint brown 'spore print' patch on the tree bark.
Identification difficulty

Habitat
On tree bark.
When to see it
Spring.
UK Status
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
VC55 Status
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2020+ | 2015-2019 | pre-2015