Calvatia bovista
Appearance
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Calvatia bovista, seen in Ohio, US | |
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Species: | C. bovista
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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
External links
[edit]Calvatia bovista | |
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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.