Calvatia bovista

Calvatia bovista
Calvatia bovista, seen in Ohio, US
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

1. Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms Demystified . Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press. ISBN   0898151694.
2. 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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Calvatia bovista 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

• Calvatia bovista at Mushroomobserver.org.