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Calvatia
Calvatia is a genus of puffball mushrooms that includes the giant puffball C. gigantea. It was formerly classified within the now-obsolete order Lycoperdales, which, following a restructuring of fungal taxonomy brought about by molecular phylogeny, has been split; the puffballs, Calvatia spp. are now placed in the family Lycoperdaceae of the order Agaricales.
12 branches of this group, most-observed first
Brain puffball
speciesCalvatia craniiformis
Calvatia rugosa
speciesCalvatia rugosa
Calvatia rubroflava
speciesCalvatia rubroflava
Calvatia boninensis
speciesCalvatia boninensis
Calvatia holothurioides
speciesCalvatia holothurioides
Calvatia candida
speciesCalvatia candida
Calvatia sennongjiaensis
speciesCalvatia sennongjiaensis
Calvatia scandens
speciesCalvatia scandens
Calvatia longisetulosa
speciesCalvatia longisetulosa
Calvatia polobuniformis
speciesCalvatia polobuniformis
Calvatia nodulata
speciesCalvatia nodulata
Calvatia baixaverdensis
speciesCalvatia baixaverdensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1649465.