Calvatia

Calvatia

Taxobox
name = Calvatia


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Calvatia excipuliformis"
regnum = Fungi
divisio = Basidiomycota
classis = Agaricomycetes
ordo = Lycoperdales
familia = Lycoperdaceae
genus = "Calvatia"
genus_authority = Fr.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Calvatia booniana
"Calvatia bovista
"Calvatia caelata
"Calvatia craniiformis
"Calvatia cyathiformis
"Calvatia excipuliformis
"Calvatia fumosa
"Calvatia gigantea
"Calvatia sculpta
"Calvatia subcretacea
"Calvatia utriformis mycomorphbox
name = Calvatia sp
whichGills = no
capShape = no
hymeniumType=smooth
stipeCharacter=NA
ecologicalType=mycorrhizal
sporePrintColor=olive
howEdible=edible

"Calvatia" is a genus of puffball mushrooms within the order Lycoperdales. The genus includes the spectacular giant puffball "C. gigantea". Species in the "Calvatia" genus are edible when young, but it should be kept in mind that some of the species are undesirable to eat, for example "Calvatia fumosa" which has a very pungent odor.

Modern classifications place this genus, along with the rest of the family Lycoperdaceae, into the order Agaricales.

External links

* [http://www.hti.umich.edu:80/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=fung1tc;cc=fung1tc;view=toc;idno=AGK0823.0001.001 "Puffballs and their allies in Michigan"] by Alexander H. Smith, 1951. (Full text of monograph.)


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  • Calvatia gigantea — noun huge edible puffball up to 2 feet diameter and 25 pounds in weight • Syn: ↑giant puffball • Hypernyms: ↑puffball, ↑true puffball • Member Holonyms: ↑Calvatia, ↑genus Calvatia …   Useful english dictionary

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