Common Puffball in Madrid: the week ahead
Lycoperdon perlatum
The map below is built from the measurement network. A 2.5 km grid with a per-species layer is computed for one region so far.
Flush phase
- Quiet
- Starting
- Building
- Peak
- Fading
Updated 18 September 2026, 11:37 BST
7 days
Index, day by day
Week's best 5average 4by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today418 Sept
- Sat419 Sept
- Sun420 Sept
- Mon421 Sept
- Tue522 Sept
- Wed523 Sept
- Thu524 Sept
Map
Where to look: common puffball
A field over the measurement network. The colour here is for the leading species at each point, not for this one; a per-species layer is computed for one region so far.
Common Puffball in Madrid: where to look
Common Puffball: the species in brief
How to tell it
A white to cream, pear-shaped fruitbody covered in small spines or granules. As the spines fall away they leave a fine net-like pattern on the surface.
Where it grows
In woodland, on litter and decaying wood, and sometimes in grassy clearings or beside paths.
In the kitchen
Use only young, firm specimens. Slice and fry soon after picking; puffballs do not keep well.
Nutrition
Low in calories. Nutritional values vary considerably with age and water content.
This is a note about the species, not about what is in your basket. Full card with lookalikes →
What else is out here now
The other species in this region, by today's index.
Common Puffball in neighbouring regions
A regional boundary means nothing to a mushroom, and the next region is sometimes closer than the far side of your own. The index is for today.