Dark-Spored Puffball
Lycoperdon atropurpureum · Family Lycoperdaceae · Updated October 2026
134US records
30states
Sepbusiest month
134 US records since 1883 (0 in the last 10 years)
Last seen Sep 3, 2011 (about 15 years ago) near Winter Park, Grand County, CO, a preserved specimen in Denver Botanic Gardens, Sam Mitchel Herbarium of Fungi. Most US records come from Massachusetts, New York and Wisconsin, and the busiest months are Sep, Aug and Oct. (Data as of October 26, 2026; records can lag by weeks.)
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When it's recorded
Records by month, all years. Busiest: Sep, Aug, Oct.
Where it's recorded
Top counties
- Dane County, WI (11) · latest Sep 24, 1903
- Orange County, NC (7) · latest Sep 26, 1928
- Lehigh County, PA (7)
- Cook County, IL (6)
- Tompkins County, NY (5) · latest Feb 27, 1905
- Albany County, NY (4) · latest 1893
- Essex County, MA (4) · latest Oct 10, 1909
- Gloucester County, NJ (3) · latest May 1, 1896
- Watauga County, NC (3) · latest Sep 3, 1924
- Bonner County, ID (3) · latest Sep 3, 1913
More on this species from GBIF.
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