Calvatia bovista
Species of fungus
| 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.[1] As with other Calvatia mushrooms, it is edible when young, and it is used in medicine.[2]
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[clarification needed] base, often half the height of the fruiting body. Spores are 4-6μm, round, minutely warted or spiny. It is seen in pastures, open woods, etc., fairly common.[1]
References
- ^ a b 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
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Species of fungus
Calvatia 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.
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