Calvatia craniiformis

Taxobox
name = "Calvatia craniiformis"


regnum = Fungi
divisio = Basidiomycota
classis = Agaricomycetes
ordo = Lycoperdales
familia = Lycoperdaceae
genus = "Calvatia"
species = "C. craniiformis"
binomial = "Calvatia craniiformis"
binomial_authority = (Schweiniz, 1832, Fr., 1849)

"Calvatia craniiformis" is a species of mushroom. It derives its name from the same latin root as cranium, looking very much like an animal's brain. Being of the calvatia genus, this fungus produces large quantities of spores internally, and releases them by mechanical means.