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Calvatia
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Calvatia

Calvatia is a genus of puffball mushrooms that includes the spectacular 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 Agaricaceae of the order Agaricales.

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23 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Langermannia

sectionLangermannia

Hippoperdon

sectionHippoperdon

Calvatia

sectionCalvatia

Sculpta

sectionSculpta

Calvatia bovista

speciesCalvatia bovista

Cretacea

sectionCretacea

Calvatia guzmanii

speciesCalvatia guzmanii

Calvatia lepidophora

speciesCalvatia lepidophora

Calvatia flava

speciesCalvatia flava

Calvatia sp. 'PR03'

speciesCalvatia sp. 'PR03'

Calvatia sp. 'PR04'

speciesCalvatia sp. 'PR04'

Calvatia sinclairii

speciesCalvatia sinclairii

Calvatia fusca

speciesCalvatia fusca

Calvatia hesperia

speciesCalvatia hesperia

Calvatia sp. 'PR05'

speciesCalvatia sp. 'PR05'

Calvatia sp. 'PR01'

speciesCalvatia sp. 'PR01'

Calvatia pygmaea

speciesCalvatia pygmaea

Calvatia complutensis

speciesCalvatia complutensis

Calvatia leiospora

speciesCalvatia leiospora

Calvatia capensis

speciesCalvatia capensis

Calvatia incerta

speciesCalvatia incerta

Calvatia sp. 'PR02'

speciesCalvatia sp. 'PR02'

Calvatia paradoxa

speciesCalvatia paradoxa

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