Giant Puffball (Calvatia gigantea)
Giant Puffball (Calvatia gigantea)
Giant Puffball (Calvatia gigantea)
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Giant Puffball

Calvatia gigantea

Basidiomycota > Agaricomycotina > Agaricomycetes > Agaricomycetidae > Agaricales > Lycoperdaceae > Calvatia

Form

September 1st, 2023 Field Notes - Indian Cave State Park

  • Growing gregariously under Pawpaw and American Hophornbeam understory in mixed oak/hickory woodland edge, near large river.
  • Peridium thin with a brown powdery/spongy gleba.
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