Common Puffball in Pembrokeshire: 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.
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Flush phase
- Quiet
- Starting
- Building
- Peak
- Fading
Updated 18 September 2026, 11:37 BST
7 days
Index, day by day
Week's best 55 — on Fridayaverage 51by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5518 Sept
- Sat5419 Sept
- Sun5420 Sept
- Mon5021 Sept
- Tue5022 Sept
- Wed4823 Sept
- Thu4724 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.
About the species. Edible only when young and pure white inside. Cut every specimen in half before taking it for food. A mature puffball becomes yellow, olive or brown inside and should not be eaten. Young Amanitas can look like puffballs from the outside but show the developing cap, gills and stem when cut open. Earthballs have a firm, dark interior and are not edible.
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.