Calvatia cyathiformis
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Calvatia cyathiformis, or purple-spored puffball, is a large edible saprobic species of Calvatia. This terrestrial puffball has purplish or purple-brown spores, which distinguish it from other large Agaricales. It is found in North America and Australia, mostly in prairie or grassland environments.
Quick Facts Calvatia cyathiformis, Scientific classification ...
Calvatia cyathiformis | |
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On a lawn near Cooktown, Queensland, Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Agaricaceae |
Genus: | Calvatia |
Species: | C. cyathiformis |
Binomial name | |
Calvatia cyathiformis (Bosc) Morgan. J. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist. 12: 168 (1890) | |
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Quick Facts Mycological characteristics ...
Glebal hymenium | |
No distinct cap | |
Hymenium attachment is not applicable | |
Lacks a stipe | |
Spore print is purple to purple-brown | |
Ecology is saprotrophic | |
Edibility is edible or inedible |
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