Calvatia craniiformis (Schw.) Fr.

craniiformis from cranion, skull and formis, formed, the Calvatia that is skull shaped

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Description:
puffball
Fruiting Body: fruiting structure up to 9 cm. Spore Print Color: yellow brown. Spores: basidiospores 3.2-3.6 µm, globose, smooth, with short pedicel.

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: medium sized puufball in woodlands, with yellow-brown spore mass

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not common

Nutritional Mode: saprobe

Substrate: on ground

Habitat: woodlands

Fruiting Season: summer, fall

  
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Order: Agaricales
 

 

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