Calvatia bovista
Species of fungus
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Calvatia bovista is a species of Calvatia mushroom.
| 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 (L.) T. Macbr. | |
| Calvatia bovista | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
 | 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 |
Description
The fruiting body is 10 to 25 centimetres (4 to 10 in) high and 5 to 25 cm (2 to 10 in) wide, round on top with a wide stemlike sterile base (not producing spores), often half the height of the fruiting body.[1] The spores are 4–6.5 μm, round, minutely warted or spiny. The spore print is white and cheesy when young, brownish and dry in age.[1]
Habitat
It is fairly common and found in habitats such as pastures and open woods.[1]
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