| Calvatia bovista | |
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| Calvatia bovista, seen in Ohio, US | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Calvatia |
| Species: | C. bovista |
| Binomial name | |
| Calvatia bovista | |
Calvatia bovista is a species of Calvatia mushroom, the second largest Calvatia in North America. As with other Calvatia mushrooms, it is edible when young, and it is used in medicine.
Description
The fruiting body is 10 to 25 centimetres (3.9 to 9.8 in) high and 5 to 25 centimetres (2.0 to 9.8 in) wide, round on top with a wide stemlike sterile base, often half the height of the fruiting body. Spores are 4-6Ξm, round, minutely warted or spiny. It is seen in pastures, open woods, etc., fairly common.
References
- ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms Demystified. Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 0898151694.
- Wild edible fungi: a global overview of their use and importance to people; page 132. Boa, E.R., Food & Agriculture Org., 2004. ISBN 9251051577/ISBN 9789251051573
External links
Species of fungusCalvatia bovista Mycological characteristics | |
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 | Glebal hymenium |
 | No distinct cap |
 | Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable |
| Lacks a stipe |
| Spore print is white to olive-brown |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is edible or inedible |
- Calvatia bovista at Mushroomobserver.org.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Calvatia bovista | |
| Lycoperdon bovista | |
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