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Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Agaricaceae: Calvatia cyathiformis (Bosc) Morgan

Calvatia cyathiformis – Purple-spored Puffball

Synonyms: Calvatia fragilis, Lycoperdon cyathiforme, Lycoperdon fragile, Lycoperdon mammaeforme, Utraria fragilis.

Common name: Purple-spored Puffball.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Calvatia cyathiformis, or purple-spored puffball, is a large edible saprobic species of Calvatia. This terrestrial puffball has purplish or purple-brown spores, which distinguish it from other large Agaricales. It is found mostly in prairie or grasslands of North America, Australia, and probably elsewhere.

Polish: Czasznica miskowata, Quechua: Kulli paku.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Puffball mushrooms <B>Calvatia cyathiformis</B> on open space near a former pond in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2022-09-05.htm">September 5, 2022</A>
LinkPuffball mushrooms Calvatia cyathiformis on open space near a former pond in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, September 5, 2022
Location on maps23450 Farm-to-Market Road 1155, Washington, Texas 77880, United States

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