Fruiting Bodies: Shaped like a ball, or nearly so, up to 20 cm or more across, white when fresh, becoming greyish as it matures then finally yellowish or olive brown before it ruptures to throw out its spores, finely velvety when young, but soon smooth and soft. Interior: White and fleshy becoming yellowish or greyish yellow with dusty spores which are then blown by wind.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Bovista gigantea (Batsch) Gray 1821 |
| synonym | Globaria gigantea (Batsch) Quél. 1873 |
| synonym | Langermannia gigantea (Batsch) Rostk. 1839 |
| synonym | Lasiosphaera gigantea (Batsch) F. Šmarda 1958 |
| synonym | Lycoperdon giganteum Batsch 1786 |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Mata, M, Penjor, Dawa & Pradhan, Sabitra. Fungi of Bhutan. Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Department of Agiculutre, National Mushroom Centre, Semtokha. 2010
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
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📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Comments
The deadly Amanitas have a volva or "universal veil" that completely envelops the young mushrooms. Before bursting from the volva, they look like little round puffball. Aditionally, puffballs resemble the earth ball (Scleroderma citrinum). The latter are distinguished by a much firmer, elastic fruiting body and as an interior that becomes dark pinkish-black with white reticulation.
Mata, M, Penjor, Dawa & Pradhan, Sabitra. Fungi of Bhutan. Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Department of Agiculutre, National Mushroom Centre, Semtokha. 2010
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Terrestrial and scattered to gregarious in grasses.
Mata, M, Penjor, Dawa & Pradhan, Sabitra. Fungi of Bhutan. Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Department of Agiculutre, National Mushroom Centre, Semtokha. 2010
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
Edible when young
Mata, M, Penjor, Dawa & Pradhan, Sabitra. Fungi of Bhutan. Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Department of Agiculutre, National Mushroom Centre, Semtokha. 2010
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Fungi |
| Phylum | Basidiomycota |
| Class | Agaricomycetes |
| Order | Agaricales |
| Family | Agaricaceae |
| Genus | Calvatia |
| Species | Calvatia gigantea (Batsch) Lloyd 1904 |
📊 Temporal Distribution
📷 Related Observations
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