Biology:Calvatia bovista
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Short description: Species of fungus
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| Calvatia bovista, seen in Ohio, US | |
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| Species: | C. bovista
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms Demystified. Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 0898151694. https://archive.org/details/mushroomsdemysti00aror_0.
- ↑ 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
- Calvatia bovista at Mushroomobserver.org.
Wikidata ☰ Q5024212 entry
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